ARCHITECTURE AS EXPERIENCE
Louis Kahn’s Salk Institute
When great minds meet, you either see a comedy show of flying egos or genuine poetry. The latter should be used to describe such an occasion when Jonas Salk met Louis Kahn. At the time Salk asked Kahn to design a research laboratory “worthy of a visit by Picasso.”
What stands now is a place where […]
Light is the Theme: Kimbell Art Museum
My trip to the Kimbell Art Museum was perhaps the first time I visited a work of architecture that I consider a masterpiece. It is timeless, elegant, beautiful, and a feat of structural engineering.
[Image: Louis Kahn inside the auditorium of the Kimbell Art Museum. Scanned from Light is the Theme.]
Of all buildings I have […]
Light is the Theme: Introduction
As I began writing the first post of this series, I quickly realized it needed an introduction. It got to the point where I had written a full posts worth before discussing the Kimbell Art Museum, the first building for contemplation. Therefore, consider this an introduction to the first group of buildings discussed within the […]
Architecture as Experience
Of anything, I have perhaps covered architecture the least. This is somewhat by design, because this blog is intended as an outlet to explore my other interests beyond architecture, which I practice daily for a living. Despite this agenda, it is still my passion, and therefore fair game for content.
[Image: A play on form and […]
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