The Architecture and Philosophy of Louis Kahn

Episode 37,   Dec 18, 2024, 10:31 PM

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Louis Kahn's architecture tells a larger story about a cultural shift in America in the first half of the 20th century. It was the shift into Modernism and a departure from historical traditions of the past. Ignited by the ideas of the Enlightenment, where rationalism, individualism, and science reigned supreme, these ideas spawned a new modern architectural movement. Efficiency, profit, abstraction, and mechanization drove the new modern architecture.

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