Louis Kahn : Architecture as Philosophy (Record no. 69930)
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| fixed length control field | 02460 a2200157 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781580935289 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 720.92-K |
| Item number | LOB |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Lobell, John |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Louis Kahn : Architecture as Philosophy |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | New York |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Monacelli Press |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2020 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 195,iip. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Contents<br/>0.1. Preface 6<br/>0.2. Introduction 12<br/>1.0. ARCHITECTURE AS PHILOSOPHY 16<br/>1.1. Two Approaches<br/>1.2. The Beaux Arts<br/>1.3. Modern Architecture<br/>1.4. What They Mean<br/>1.5. Mid-Twentieth-Century Architecture<br/>2.0. KAHN'S ANALYSIS 26<br/>2.1. Dissatisfaction<br/>2.2. The Rejection of Monumentality<br/>2.3. A Return of Monumentality?<br/>2.4. Order Instead of Monumentality<br/>2.5. Architecture as the Art of Institutions<br/>2.6. Form and Design<br/>2.7. Materials<br/>2.8. Building as Vocabulary<br/>2.9. Existence Wills<br/>2.10. Another Modern Architecture<br/>2.11. Essential ism<br/>3.0 THEMES IN KAHN'S ARCHITECTURE 42<br/>3.1. Backgrounds<br/>3.2. Plan<br/>3.2.1. Rejection of the Flexible Plan<br/>3.2.2. Served and Servant Spaces<br/>3.2.3. The Plan as the Giver of Meaning<br/>3.2.4. Relational Hierarchy<br/>3.2.5. Centers of Buildings<br/>3.2.6. Thick Walls<br/>3.2.7. Entrances<br/>3.2.8. The Wholeness of Buildings/ Modular buildings<br/>3.3. Structure and Mechanical<br/>3.3.1. One Way to Approach Kahn<br/>3.3.2. Structure as Generative<br/>3.3.3. The Grid<br/>3.3.4. Mechanical as the Equal of Structure<br/>3.4. Construction<br/>3.4.1. The Essences of Materials<br/>3.4.2. Articulation Over Integration<br/>3.4.3. A Preference for Masonry<br/>3.4.4. Details<br/>3.4.5. The Building is the Record<br/>3.5. Light<br/>3.6. Rome<br/>4.0. FIVE BUILDINGS 70 <br/>4.x.1. Background and Context <br/>4.x.2. Activities <br/>4.x.3. Form Statement <br/>4.x.4. Spatial Organization and Plan <br/>4.x.5. Structure <br/>4.x.6. Mechanical <br/>4.x.7. Materials <br/>4.x.8. Details<br/>4.x.9. Light <br/>4.x.10. Experiencing the Building<br/>4.x.11. Philosophical Statement<br/>4.x.12. Critique and Comments<br/>4.x.13. Comparisons and Influences<br/>4.1. Alfred Newton Richards Medical Research Building (Richards) 72<br/>4.2. Salk Institute for Biological Studies (Salk) 92<br/>4.3. Library, Phillips Exeter Academy (Exeter) 110<br/>4.4. Kimbell Art Museum (Kimbell) 126<br/>4.5. Yale Center for British Art (Yale) 146<br/>5.0. CONCLUSION 164<br/>6.0. APPENDICES 172<br/>Kahn in Relationship to Theories of his Time 173<br/>About Louis I. Kahn 182<br/>List of Projects 1926- 74 184<br/>Selected Bibliography 192<br/>Credits 194<br/>Acknowledgments 195<br/>About John Lobell 196 |
| 890 ## - Country | |
| Country | USA |
| 891 ## - Topic | |
| Topic | FA |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | philosophy |
| -- | architecture |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Withdrawn status | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Total Checkouts | Total Renewals | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Date last borrowed | Cost, replacement price | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | Faculty of Architecture | CEPT Library | CEPT Library | 27/09/2022 | amazon.in | 2790.00 | 18 | 10 | 720.92-K LOB | 024058 | 07/11/2024 | 26/10/2024 | 2790.00 | 27/09/2022 | Book |