Born: 20 Feb 1901 Name: Itze-Leib Schmuilowsky TO Louis Isadore Kahn

Died: 1974

ChildhoodEarly childhood in Kuressaare on the island of Saaremaa

Scars on his face are from age 3,when he put burning coal in his apron

Migrated to US when he was five

Made charcoals sticks out of burnt twigs for money from sketching

Worked as pianist for silent movies

Education & Profession

University of Pennsylvania- Beaux-Arts tradition

Completed B.Arch in 1924Senior draftsman under John Molitor and

later many others Greatly influenced from his European

tour to Italy, Greece and EgyptHe arrived at his unique style in his

fifties

A TeacherYale University form 1947

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

University of Pennsylvania

Visiting Professor at Princeton University

Character of

Designs

Simple platonic compositions

Brick and concrete

Contemporary and monumental architecture

A Poetry of LIGHT

A Poetry of LIGHT

A Poetry of LIGHT

A Poetry of LIGHT

Distinction between served space and servant

spaceServant space•Stairwells•Corridors•Restrooms•Storage pace

•Mechanical rooms

Stairwells

Stairwells

Corridors

Heavily textured bricks and bare concrete

Affinity towards water

Importance to geometry

Notable

Contributions

Indian Institute of Management,

Ahmedabad

Elevation

Geometric shapes

Corridors

Stairs

Light

Dorms

Jatiyo Sangsad Bhaban,Dhaka

Plan

Aerial View

Elevation

Geometry

Light

Geometry of fenestrations

Corridors

Exter Academy Library, USA

Plan

Section

Geometry

Stairs

Salk Institution,CA

Plan

WaterGeometry

Exposed concreteShadow play in corridor

Yale University Art Gallery

Stairs

Kimbell Art Museum

Site Plan

Freedom park

Yale center for British Arts

Ideologies