Louis Kahn
An American architect, he was known for his monumental and spiritual designs, often using concrete and brick, and for his profound philosophical approach to architecture.
Quotes by Louis Kahn
The building is a dance.
The building must be a place of growth.
The architect must be a magician.
The building must be a place of transformation.
The building is a journey.
The building must be a place of becoming.
The architect must be a healer.
The building must be a place of healing.
The building is a mirror.
The building must be a place of reflection.
Architecture is the thoughtful making of space.
A city is the place of availabilities. It is the place where a small boy may be born to great riches, and where the man born to poverty may become great.
Design is not making beauty, beauty emerges from selection, affinities, integration, love.
The sun never knew how great it was until it hit the side of a building.
In the ordering of a building, you must consider the street, the people who will use it, the way it will be approached.
I believe that architecture is a verb.
The material must express itself.
Architecture is the reaching out for the truth.
The life of the senses is the beginning of architecture.
Consider the momentous event in architecture when the wall parted and the column became.