Louis Kahn Quotes

A great building must begin with the unmeasurable, must go through measurable means when it is being designed and in the end must be unmeasurable.
Louis Kahn

Architecture is the reaching out for the truth.
Louis Kahn

Consider the momentous event in architecture when the wall parted and the column became.
Louis Kahn

Design is not making beauty, beauty emerges from selection, affinities, integration, love.
Louis Kahn

Every time a student walks past a really urgent, expressive piece of architecture that belongs to his college, it can help reassure him that he does have that mind, does have that soul.
Louis Kahn

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Louis Kahn Quotes

Type: Architect Quotes Category: American Architect Quotes Date of Birth: February 20, 1901 Date of Death: March 17, 1974 Nationality: American Find on Amazon: Louis Kahn Related Authors: Frank Lloyd Wright Lawrence Halprin Philip Johnson Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Christopher Alexander Frank Gehry Minoru Yamasaki Frederick Law Olmsted	A great building must begin with the unmeasurable, must go through measurable means when it is being designed and in the end must be unmeasurable. Louis Kahn Architecture is the reaching out for the truth. Louis Kahn Consider the momentous event in architecture when the wall parted and the column became. Louis Kahn Design is not making beauty, beauty emerges from selection, affinities, integration, love. Louis Kahn Every time a student walks past a really urgent, expressive piece of architecture that belongs to his college, it can help reassure him that he does have that mind, does have that soul. Louis Kahn