Study tour participants at Kahn's Korman House (1971-73)
This five day tour was a highly concentrated in depth look into Louis I. Kahn the architect, the teacher, and the man. The tour provided analysis of Kahn’s life and work, from his theories on materiality and form, to his influences and collaborations. The tour was led by William Whitaker, the extremely knowledgeable and competent collections manager of the Architectural Archives of the University of Pennsylvania, which houses the largest repository of materials related to Kahn. Tour participants were thoroughly engaged and enthusiastic about the tour, which spanned four states- Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut- and included various examples of Kahn’s work over his lifetime. This study tour report will be divided into five different themes. These themes are special areas of interest that the tour participants were exposed to on the tour which added depth and understanding to the work of Louis I. Kahn. They are: Context, Methods, Residential Work, Institutional Work, and Contemporaries.
Amber N. Wiley
Richard Hubbard Howland Fellowship Recipient
All photographs are by the author and are covered under a Creative Commons license.
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