Louis I. Kahn - Silence And Light

Louis I. Kahn is unarguably one of the most eminent and influential figures of 20th-century architecture. He is known as the poet and philosopher among the great modern architects. On 12 February 1969, Kahn gave a lecture at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich), entitled Silence and Light. This fundamental text reveals Kahn s spiritual understanding of architecture and his creative thinking. Kahn s idea of architecture goes far beyond the mere building. He understands architecture as a concept comprising the entire environment of mankind. With this he anticipated more than forty years ago what is branded "sustainability in architecture" today. Louis I. Kahn - Silence and Light makes this text available again in its original version, for the first time ever also in Kahn s own voice on audio-CD. The book includes a full-length transcript of the Zürich lecture in original English and translations into French, German, Italian, and Spanish. Kahn s sketches drawn while speaking and number of previously unpublished images of the architect lecturing complement the text. Text in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish.