Louis Kahn facts for kids

**Louis Kahn**
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Personal information
Name	Louis Kahn
Nationality	American
Birth date	February 20, 1901
Birth place	Kuressaare, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire
Date of death	March 17, 1974 (aged 73)
Place of death	New York City, New York, U.S.
Work
Buildings	Jatiyo Sangshad Bhaban; Yale University Art Gallery; Salk Institute; Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad; Phillips Exeter Academy Library; Kimbell Art Museum
Projects	Center of Philadelphia, Urban and Traffic Study
Awards	AIA Gold Medal; RIBA Gold Medal

Louis Isadore Kahn (born Itze-Leib Schmuilowsky) (March 5 [O.S. February 20] 1901 – March 17, 1974) was an Estonian-born American architect. His career was set in Philadelphia.

He founded his own atelier in 1935. While continuing his private practice, he was a design critic and professor of architecture at Yale School of Architecture from 1947 to 1957. From 1957 until his death, he was a professor of architecture at the School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania.

Kahn died of a heart attack on March 17, 1974 in a bathroom at Penn Station in Manhattan, aged 73.

Images for kids

Jesse Oser House, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania (1940)
Louis Kahn's Salk Institute
Louis Kahn - A pencil sketch by Sarbjit Bahga
Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas (1966–1972)
Jatiyo Sangshad Bhaban, Dhaka; considered as Kahn's magnum opus
Louis Kahn - A pencil sketch by Sarbjit Bahga
Louis Kahn Memorial Park, S. 11th & Pine Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut (1951–1953)
Coffered ceiling in Yale University Art Gallery (1951–1953)
Stairwell in Yale University Art Gallery (1951–1953)
Trenton Jewish Community Center Bath House and Day Camp. Opened in 1955 and served as the entrance and changing area for patrons of an outdoor swimming pool. Ewing, New Jersey (1954)
Richards Medical Research Laboratories, University of Pennsylvania, 3700 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1957–1965)
Interior of First Unitarian Church, Rochester, New York (1959)
Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India (1961)
Interior of Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas (1966)
Yale Center for British Art, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (1969–1974)
Parliament of Bangladesh (2014)
National Assembly of Bangladesh assembly hall (2014)
Arts United Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana
Louis Kahn - A pencil sketch by Sarbjit Bahga]]