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Louis Kahn
American Architect
Born: Feb 20, 1901
Died: Mar 17, 1974
Architecture Building Me Room Want You
Related authors: Christopher Alexander Frank Gehry Frank Lloyd Wright Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Maya Lin Neri Oxman Philip Johnson Thom Mayne
You say to a brick, 'What do you want, brick?' And brick says to you, 'I like an arch.' And you say to brick, 'Look, I want one, too, but arches are expensive and I can use a concrete lintel.' And then you say: 'What do you think of that, brick?' Brick says: 'I like an arch.' Louis Kahn
You Think Too Say Says Arch Like Look Concrete Expensive Want Then Use Brick
What does a house want to be? Louis Kahn
House Does Want
Every building must have... its own soul. Louis Kahn
Soul Building Own Every Must
Consider the momentous event in architecture when the wall parted and the column became. Louis Kahn
Architecture Consider Column Parted Became Wall Momentous Event
In a small room one does not say what one would in a large room. Louis Kahn
Say Would Small Does Room Large

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