LOUIS KHAN | DESIGN MUSEUM
Design Museum
09 July 2014 – 12 October 2014
“When you want to give something presence, you have to consult nature..”
The American architect Louis Kahn (1901-1974) is regarded as one of the great master builders of the Twentieth Century. Kahn created buildings of monumental beauty with powerful universal symbolism.
This exhibition encompasses an unprecedented and diverse range of architectural models, original drawings, travel sketches, photographs and films. Highlights of the exhibition include a four-metre-high model of the spectacular City Tower designed for Philadelphia (1952-57). Each project is fully represented in this timely exhibition, which seeks to bring one of the twentieth century’s greatest master builders to a new audience. Rowan Moore reviews the exhibition for The Guardian.