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Louis I. Kahn (1901-1974)
Name
Kahn, Louis I.
Personal Information
Birth/Death: b. 20 February 1901 – d. 17 March 1974
Occupation: American architect
Location: Philadelphia, PA
AIA Affiliation
Member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) 1942-decease
Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (FAIA) 1953
Recipient of the AIA Gold Medal 1971
Biographical Sources
American Architects Directories:
Address listed in 1956 American Architects Directory
Address listed in 1962 American Architects Directory
Biographical listing in 1970 American Architects Directory
Biographical Directories:
Entry in Macmillan Encyclopedia of Architects (New York: Macmillan, 1982)
Entry in Richard Guy Wilson, The AIA Gold Medal (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1984)
Related Records
Archival Holdings
The American Institute of Architects Archives
contains membership application, Fellowship nomination, request for emeritus (retired) status. His includes nomination, announcement, citation, photograph, and acceptance speech; also information about his selection for the AIA Philadelphia Chapter Centennial Gold Medal in 1969, which has been scanned as a .
Yale University Library, Manuscripts and Archives
Louis Isadore Kahn Collection (MS 1345)
For more information, please visit http://www.library.yale.edu/mssa/