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18%OFFAnna Rosellini - Louis I. Kahn: Towards the Zero Degree of Concrete, 1960-1974 - 9782940222773 - V9782940222773
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Louis I. Kahn: Towards the Zero Degree of Concrete, 1960-1974

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Description for Louis I. Kahn: Towards the Zero Degree of Concrete, 1960-1974 Hardcover. Num Pages: 500 pages, 685 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AMA; AMB; AMC; AMX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 178 x 245 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1372.

Through sheer determination and courage, Kahn has researched the nature of concrete in the form of precast, cast in place or blocks. Each of his renowned works in exposed concrete, such as the Yale Art Gallery, the Richards Laboratories, the Bath House, the Salk Institute, the National Assembly, the Kimbell Museum, the Exeter Library and the Yale Center for British Art, is itself an important chapter in the history of architecture for the exploration into concrete’s formal expression, beyond the lesson of Le Corbusier.

Kahn’s obsession on concrete fabrication processes, on the formwork and the mix-design, is systematically examined ... Read more

The first volume Exposed Concrete and Hollow Stones focuses on the first ten-year period of Kahn research on concrete. Moving through the many construction systems experienced by Kahn, from the discovery of exposed concrete in the form of béton brut at the Yale Art Gallery, to the precast and poured-in-place techniques, to the values of joint, growth and ornament, the essay culminates in the reconstruction of the artistic and technical characteristics of two great worksite, the Richards Laboratories and the First Unitarian Church and School. The second volume, Towards the Zero Degree of Concrete, covers the following fourteen years and leads the reader along Kahn’s path to the true 'nature of concrete', focusing on his main techniques and poetic discoveries such as the 'liquid stone' of the Salk Institute, the 'smooth finish' at Bryn Mawr and the concept of 'monolithic' at the Yale Center for British Art.

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Product Details

Publisher
EPFL Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
1361 g
Number of Pages
500
Place of Publication
Lausanne, Switzerland
ISBN
9782940222773
SKU
V9782940222773
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Ref
99-36

About Anna Rosellini
Anna Rosellini received her degree at the IUAV University of Venice in 2003 and an European master in History of Architecture at the University of Roma Tre in 2004. In 2008 she completed her PhD on Theories and History of Arts at the SSAV in Venice. Since 2009, she conducts research at the EPFL in Lausanne. She is author of ... Read more

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