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
A good building makes a city.
Architecture is the masterly, correct and magnificent play of volumes brought together in light.
The void is as important as the form.
Institutions are made by people.
The door is the first thing we see when we enter a space.
Architecture begins where engineering ends.
I am inspired by the eternal.
The plan is the generator.
Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves.
A building has a life of its own.
The essence of architecture is light and shadow.
We shape our buildings, and afterwards our buildings shape us.
The column is the beginning of architecture.
Architecture is the reaching out for the truth of a building.
The sky is the beginning of architecture.
Every new material is a new beginning.
The heart is the beginning of life.