Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Louis I. Kahn (born in 1901 in Saarama, Estonia, died in 1974 in New York, New York) practiced as an architect in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1925-1926 Kahn served as Chief Designer for the Sesquicentennial Exposition. His work fused Beaux arts with International style. His prominent apprentices include Moshe Safdie and Robert Venturi Important works include Yale University Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut Richards Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Jonas Salk Institute, La Jolla, California Kimbell Museum, Fort Worth, Texas Phillips Exeter Academy Library, Exeter, New Hampshire National Assembly in Dhaka, Bangladesh (1962-1974) He is no relation to the other American architect, Albert Kahn. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.