Louis Kahn was an American architect whose work established a new language of monumental modernism. His buildings use massive masonry, carefully calibrated light, and geometric clarity to create spaces of deep stillness and gravity. Kahn’s emphasis on “served and servant” spaces, material honesty, and elemental form generated an architecture that feels both ancient and resolutely modern.
Major works such as the Salk Institute, National Assembly Building in Dhaka, and Kimbell Art Museum demonstrate his lifelong pursuit of light as a shaping force—entering through cuts, vaults, and cycloid curves to articulate structure.
Louis Kahn was an American architect known for monumental modernism, material clarity, and architecture shaped by light.
Louis Kahn was an American architect known for monumental, light-driven modernist buildings such as the Salk Institute and Kimbell Art Museum.
