Louis I. Kahn BN_Top_100 based on the ancient Chinese

based on the ancient Chinese art of Tai Chi

and liberating presence

And predictions that once might have seemed rash—global economic crisis

a mother of 2 whose third suffered a massive stroke in utero with no chance of recovery

he sought to restrict academic life to the pursuit of facts and reserve for the political realm the pursuit and legislation of values

Louis I. Kahn BN_Top_100 based on the ancient ChineseLouis Isadore Kahn (19011974) treated each building like a temple. Across the United States, in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Israel, his designs combined the sleek, utilitarian surfaces of modernism with a devotion to geometric forms and a reverence for natural light that suffused his stuctures with a monumental and breathtaking spirituality. This essential introduction brings together 17 of Kahns most important buildings across his cultural,