Toward form: Louis I. Kahn's urban designs for Philadelphia, 1939-1962
Between 1939 and 1962, American architect Louis I. Kahn made a series of urban designs for Center City Philadelphia whose development is examined chronologically in this dissertation. Heretofore largely neglected, these urban designs are discussed in the rich historical context of Kahn's travel...
Main Author: | Reed, Peter, 1955- |
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Corporate Author: | University of Pennsylvania |
Other Authors: | Brownlee, David Bruce (advisor) |
Format: | Thesis Book |
Language: | English |
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