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Louis I. Kahn: The Library at Phillips Exeter Academy
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Product Description
This CD-ROM explores a master work by some of the most influential architects of the 20th century. In Exeter Library, we see far more than a design that meets a program, budget, and constraints, we learn about Louis Kahn's architectural ideology and aesthetics. The completely interactive CD-ROM provides the richest possible presentation of the library. 48-page booklet and CD-ROM.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #126076 in eBooks
- Published on: 1997-04-30
- Format: Kindle Book
- Number of items: 1
Editorial Reviews
From the Back Cover
"The Library at Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, NH, has won the Twenty-Five Year award from the American Institute of Architects. The award is bestowed annually on an American work of architecture that has proved its merit over a life of at least a quarter of a century. … The Exeter Library, which opened in 1971, was designed by Louis I. Kahn (1901–74). Kahn … accomplished something no one else had quite figured out how to do. He made modern buildings that achieved the timeless, monumental presence of the great works of the past. … Kahn respected books. ‘Nobody ever paid the price of a book; they pay only for the printing,’ he once said. Exeter is his attempt to embody, in brick and teak and marble and concrete, the essence of a particular kind of institution: the house of books, the library." —Robert Campbell, The Boston Globe, January 11, 1997 This groundbreaking CD-ROM will bring you as close to the Library at Philips Exeter Academy as you can get without actually visiting it. The disc includes:
- video clips of the library’s exterior and interior
- animated plans and sections
- hundreds of exterior and interior color photographs
- audio explanations by the author
- archival audio recordings of Kahn’s lectures
- illustrated descriptions of five other projects by Kahn
Customer Reviews
Great book!!
It's really a great book! even better that I thought it could be and the CD room that comes with it is very helpfull for understanding the library design.
