| LC control no. | n 79022177 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Kahn, Louis I., 1901-1974 |
| Variant(s) | Kahn, Louis I. (Louis Isadore), 1901-1974 Kahn, Louis I. (Louis Isidore), 1901-1974 Kahn, Louis Isadore, 1901-1974 Kahn, Louis Isidore, 1901-1974 Kang, Luyisi, 1901-1974 Schmuilowsky, Itze-Leib, 1901-1974 |
| Located | Philadelphia (Pa.) |
| Birth date | 1901-02-20 |
| Death date | 1974-03-17 |
| Place of birth | Pärnu, Estonia Saaremaa Island (Estonia) |
| Place of death | New York, N.Y. New York (N.Y.) |
| Field of activity | Architecture City planning |
| Affiliation | University of Pennsylvania Yale University |
| Profession or occupation | Architect Architects College teachers City planners Artists |
| Found in | Stonorov, O. G. You and your neighborhood, c1944. BL database, 20 Jan. 2003 (hdg.: Kahn, Louis I. (Louis Isadore), 1901-1974) Louis Isidore Kahn, 2010. Louis I. Kahn--Architect, 2013: CIP t.p. (Louis I. Kahn) galley (Louis Isadore Kahn was born Itze-Leib Schmuilowsky on February 20, 1901 in Parnu, Estonia; died in Manhattan's Penn Station) Louis I. Kahn in conversation, 2014: title-page (Louis I. Kahn) OCLC, accessed August 7, 2015 (usage: Louis I. Kahn, Louis Kahn, Louis Isadore Kahn; access points: Kahn, Louis I., 1901-1974; Kahn, Louis Isidore; Kahn, Louis I.; Kahn, Louis I. (Louis Isadore), architect, 1901-1974; Kahn, Louis Isadore; Kahn, Louis Isadore, 1901-1974; Kahn, Louis I, (Louis Isadore), 1901-1974) VIAF, accessed August 7, 2015 (Kahn, Louis I., 1901-1974; Kahn, Louis Isadore, 1901-1974; Kahn, Louis Isidore, 1901-1974; Kahn, Louis Isidore, Russian-American architect and city planner, 1901-1974) <http://viaf.org/viaf/95195639> Getty Union list of artists' names, via WWW, accessed August 7, 2015 (Kahn, Louis Isidore (Russian-American architect and city planner, 1901-1974); variants: Kahn, Louis; Kahn, Louis I.; Kahn, Louis Isadore; artist, architect, urban planner; teacher; ID: 500027669) Grove art online, accessed August 7, 2015 (Kahn, Louis I (sadore); born Saaremaa Island, Estonia, 20 February 1901; died New York, 17 March 1974; family moved to Philadelphia in 1905; studied architecture at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, under Paul Cret, following Beaux -Arts principles; worked in city planning; designed public housing; senior critic at Yale University, (1950-1957); became professor at University of Pennsylvania in 1957; received commissions for Yale University Art Gallery, Yale Center for British Art, Library of Phillips Exeter Academy; other commissions in U.S. and abroad; central to Kahn's architectural philosophy was the concept of institution, by which he understood not the momentary state of a client but rather the underlying social responsibilities and potentials of social organizations) <http://www.oxfordartonline.com/subscriber/article/grove/art/T045466?q=kahn%2C+louis+i.&search=quick&pos=1&_start=1#firsthit> Luyisi Kang, 2015: t.p. (Louis Isadore Kahn; Luyisi Kang) |
| Associated language | eng |
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