facade Louis Khan Plaza India

Louis Isadore Kahn

‘Architecture appears for the first time when the sunlight hits a wall. The sunlight did not know what it was before it hit a wall’.

Born Estonia 1901 – Died Pensylvania 1974

 

facade and brickwork of Louis Khan Plaza

Louis Khan Plaza Ahmedabad Khan/Balkrishna Doshi Image John Gollings ©

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CEPT University Louis Kahn/ BV Doshi Image John Gollings ©

Top Image John Gollings ©

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