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Louis Isadore KahnBorn: February 20, 1901, in Prnu, EstoniaDied: March 17, 1974, in New York Citys Pennsylvania Station

original name was Itze-Leib Schmuilowsky immigrated to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1905studied architecture at the University of Pennsylvania served as a design critic and professor of architecture at Yale School of Architecture from 1947 to 1957.

1950 - Wins a fellowship to the American Academy in Rome and travels to Greece and Italy where he is inspired by the ancient ruins1995 - Becomes professor of architecture at the University of Pennsylvania, where he teaches until his death in 1974He was awarded the AIA Gold Medal and the RIBA Gold Medalone of the most influential architects of the twentieth century

Philosophy "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."

Architectural Style His style was monumental and monolithicUsing simple materials like brick and concretesimple forms to create monumental shapesUse of geometric shapes, axial plans and centralized spacesCombination of both modern and ancient designs.International style with a fastidious, highly personal taste, a poetry of light.Symmetry

Works Yale University Art Gallery (19511953), New Haven, Connecticut

Works Richards Medical Research Laboratories (19571965), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Works Salk Institute (19591965), La Jolla, California

Works Phillips Exeter Academy Library (19651972), Exeter, New Hampshire

Works Jatiyo Sangsad Bhaban/National Parliament House (19621974), Dhaka Bangladesh

Works Kimbell Art Museum (19671972), Fort Worth, Texas