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Louis I. Kahn: The American Architect Who Pursued His Passion as an Art The IIM Ahmedabad project represented an opportunity for Kahn to explore the diagonal motif as an aesthetic and architectonic geometry, whether it served the programme organically or not. American architect Louis Kahn. Photo: Gerhard Richter/CC BY-SA 3.0/ Wikimedia Commons Culture18/Jan/2021 I got to know American architect Louis I. Kahn when I was a student of architecture at the University of Pennsylvania (1957-1963). We had little personal interaction at that time, but several years later, after leaving a meeting together at the American Institute of Architects, we walked through Philadelphiaâs centre city, finally resting on benches near City Hall. ....
Asked how long would the IIM-A wait before going back to the restoration plan, D’Souza said, “We would wait and continue trying for at least two-three years. After which you have to admit the failure and take this as a last call. Though it would be a pathetic call to make.” Curtis, in two letters to D’Souza, dated December 17 and December 20, which he shared with The Indian Express on Monday, suggested that “some or all of these dorms can serve other purposes in the life of the institution”. Expressing “shock and dismay” over the plans to replace 18 dorms with new buildings, Kahn’s children wrote, “the buildings in question are the heart of our father’s universally acknowledged masterpiece at IIMA”. They also asked D’Souza to engage with them “at this critical time”. ....