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You say to brick: the life of Louis Kahn
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New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2017.
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397 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
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BIOGRAPHY Kahn, L. 2017
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"Born in Estonia 1901 and brought to America in 1906, the architect Louis Kahn grew up in poverty in Philadelphia. By the time of his mysterious death in 1974, he was widely recognized as one of the greatest architects of his era. Yet this enormous reputation was based on only a handful of masterpieces, all built during the last fifteen years of his life. [T]his warm, captivating person, beloved by students and admired by colleagues, was also a secretive man hiding under a series of masks.... Interspersed throughout her account of Kahns life and career are exhilarating "in situ" descriptions of what it feels like to move through his built structures."--

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Includes blbiographical references (pages [355]-378) and index.
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"Born in Estonia 1901 and brought to America in 1906, the architect Louis Kahn grew up in poverty in Philadelphia. By the time of his mysterious death in 1974, he was widely recognized as one of the greatest architects of his era. Yet this enormous reputation was based on only a handful of masterpieces, all built during the last fifteen years of his life. [T]his warm, captivating person, beloved by students and admired by colleagues, was also a secretive man hiding under a series of masks.... Interspersed throughout her account of Kahns life and career are exhilarating "in situ" descriptions of what it feels like to move through his built structures."--,Book jacket.
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APA Citation (style guide)

Lesser, W. (2017). You say to brick: the life of Louis Kahn. First edition. New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Lesser, Wendy. 2017. You Say to Brick: The Life of Louis Kahn. New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

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Lesser, Wendy, You Say to Brick: The Life of Louis Kahn. New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2017.

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Lesser, Wendy. You Say to Brick: The Life of Louis Kahn. First edition. New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2017.

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