· Louis Kahn was born an 20th Feb. 1901 in Estonian Isel of Osel
· He was U.S. architect educator and philosopher and is one of tore most 20th century architect.
· In 1905 he migrated to Philaphedia with his parents and thus Philaphedia became base for his activities and vehicles for many of his planning theories.
· He was gutted at both painting and music and had scholarships in either.
· At the age of 16, inspired by his school he took architecture
· In 1924 the graduated from university of Pennsylvania school of arts.
· In 1928 because Art of Education send him to Europe due to his drawing abilities where he saw antiquity of Roman and Greek which impressed him a lot.
· In 1947, he visited, Yale as a critic and soon made professor there.
5 years later he designed an extension to yale which was the first modern building of Yale.
· In 1950 he became an architect of international status.
· Le corbusier touched his sense of architecture a lot i.e. he was inspired by him.
· After Frank Lloyd wright he was on his position.
· After Louis I’ Kahn’s death his drawings and papers were purchased by common wealth of Pennsylvania and placed in custody of Pennsylvania and museum commission.
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