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Arata Isozaki, Installation Designer Of First Louis Kahn Retrospective, Receives Pritzker Prize
Architecture

Arata Isozaki, Installation Designer Of First Louis Kahn Retrospective, Receives Pritzker Prize

Celebrated Japanese architect Arata Isozaki wins the world’s premier lifetime achievement award in the building arts. In Philadelphia, he is known for his creative installation design of the first retrospective devoted to Louis Kahn. Lance Knickerbocker has the story

In “Louis Kahn: The Power of Architecture,” The City Is A Muse
Architecture

In “Louis Kahn: The Power of Architecture,” The City Is A Muse

Groundbreaking exhibit of the work of Louis Kahn brings his ideas to life, says Nathaniel Popkin

New Exhibition Gives Movement To The Philadelphia School
Architecture

New Exhibition Gives Movement To The Philadelphia School

Two fans of Modernism re-evaluate architectural history with the exhibition, “What Was the Philadelphia School?”

In This Month Of Jane Jacobs, A Look At The “Philadelphia School” That Inspired & Frustrated Her
Architecture

In This Month Of Jane Jacobs, A Look At The “Philadelphia School” That Inspired & Frustrated Her

A new exhibit on Philadelphia designers has Nathaniel Popkin thinking about the deep and sometimes frayed connections between them and Jane Jacobs, whose centennial is celebrated with two new books

Innovation & Technology: Foster On Process And Influence At New Comcast Tower
Architecture

Innovation & Technology: Foster On Process And Influence At New Comcast Tower

As it rises out of the construction site at 18th and Arch Streets, the Comcast Innovation & Technology Center will lead the Philly skyline into the future as the city’s new tallest building. Last night its architect, Lord Norman Foster, spoke of his process and influences as he accepted the 2015 Louis I. Kahn Memorial Award

The Other Shoe Drops On Modernist Landmark
Architecture

The Other Shoe Drops On Modernist Landmark

Coward Shoe Store on Chestnut Street was once a testament to post-war modernism. With demolition close at hand, the Stonorov and Kahn building gives way to the cycle of redevelopment

The Other Kahn
Architecture

The Other Kahn

Pragmatic, client-oriented, industrial: the architect Kahn. Wait, huh? Christopher Dougherty explores the work of the other Kahn, Detroit’s Albert Kahn, who designed powerhouse buildings for the Ford and Packard Motor Companies on North Broad Street

A Study In Modern Stewardship—Louis Kahn’s Esherick House, For Sale
Architecture

A Study In Modern Stewardship—Louis Kahn’s Esherick House, For Sale

With the 20th Century series beginning Friday, the Chestnut Hill Historical Society celebrates the mid-century modern homes throughout the neighborhood. Fátima Olivieri joins the owner of one, Louis Kahn’s Esherick House, for a tour and backstory


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