PAINTING THE SKY BLACK : Louis Kahn and the Architectonization of Nature

In 1962, Louis I. Kahn described the design of the Salk Institute as having been developed “out of a respect and understanding of the nature of nature,” before adding: “I am becoming increasingly conscious of the architecture of water, the architecture of air, the architecture of light.” Attempting...

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Autor principal: Florian Sauter
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Publicado: De Gruyter Open Poland 2018
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