IIM AHMEDABAD

LOUIS-I-KHAN
 ABOUT THE ARCHITECT

NAME:LOUIS KAHN
BORN : FEBUARY20,1991
DIED :MARCH 17,1974
NATIONALITY: AMERICAN
OCCUPATION: ARCHITECT
AWARDS:ALA GOLD MEDAL
RIBA GOLD MEDAL
BUILDINGS :JATIYO SANGSGAD
BHAVAN
SALK INSTITUTE

INDIAN
INSTITUTE OF MANGAMENT,
KAHN’S STYLE

• KAHN’S ARCHITECTURE IS NOTABLE FOR ITS SIMPLE ,FORMS AND

COMPOSITIONS.
• KAHN DESIGN OF BUILDINGS, CHARACTERIZED BY POWERFUL ,
MASSIVE FORMS.
• THROUGH THE USE OF BRICK AND POURED-IN PLACE CONCRETE
MASONRY,HE DEVELOPED A CONTEMPORARY AND MONUMENTAL
ARCHITECTURE THAT MAINTAINED SYMPATHY FOR THE SITE AND
DID NOT LOOSE ITS PROPORTION.
• LOUIS KAHN’S WORK INFUSED INTERNATIONAL STYLE WITH A
HIGHLY PERSONAL TASTE , POETRY OF LIGHT AND EXPOSING
MATERIALS WITHOUT ALTERING.
• HE IS KNOWN FOR HIS MONUMENTAL
ARCHITECTURE
• USE GEOMETRICAL FORM
• LOUIS KHAN WORK INFUSED OF THE INTERNATIONAL SYTLE WITH A
FASTIDIOUS,HIGHLY PERSON.
• HIS PALETTE OF MATERIALS TENDED TOWARDS HEAVILY TEXTURE BRICK
AND CONCRETE ,&TRAVERTINE MARBLE.
• HEIS OFTEN WELL REMEMBERED FOR HIS DELIBERATION ABOUT THE
USE OF BRICK.
• KHAN’S MORE WELL-KNOWN WORK HAS ON CONTEMPORARY
ARCHITECTS.
• SIMPLE AND ELEGANT
FAMOUS BUILDINGS

THE SALKINSTITUTE FOR

BIOLOGICAL STUDIES,
CALIFORNIA

JATIYO SANGSGAD
BHABAN ,
NATIONAL PARLIAMENT OF
BANGLADESH
THE INDIAN INSTITUTE OF AHMEDABAD,GUJRAT,INDIA

THE FAMOUS TRIANGULAR CEILING

LOUIS KHAN MEMORIAL
IN YALE UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY
PARK
HISTORY OF IIM

• WHILE LOUIS KAHN WAS DESIGNING THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

BUILDING IN BANGLADESH IN 1962 ,HE WAS APPROACHED BY AN
ADMIRING INDIAN ARCHITECT, BALKRISHNA DOSHI , TO DESIGN THE
66 ACRE CAMPUS FOR THE INDIAN OF MANAGEMENT IN
AHMEDABAD ,INDIA.
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