Lecture by Louis I. Kahn titled "Architecture and Human Agreement," 1973
Lecture by Louis I. Kahn titled "Architecture and Human Agreement," 1973
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- Name
- Kahn, Louis I., 1901-1974 (Interviewee)
- Title
- Lecture by Louis I. Kahn titled "Architecture and Human Agreement," 1973
- Abstract
- Louis I. Kahn, in his "Architecture and Human Agreement," provides a poetic explanation of art as the only language of man and as an instrument for revealing the "humanness of man." The exchange between the executive and the designer is a powerful and human experience - the artist is the expressor and the executive is a wanter
- Collection Name
- Tiffany-Wharton Lectures on Corporate Design Management sound recordings
- Subjects
- Industrial design; Kahn, Louis I., 1901-1974
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1973
- Note (Biographical)
- Louis I. Kahn was an American architect and professor emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania School of Design
- Note
- Lecture given by Louis I. Kahn on October 10, 1973 at the Fine Arts Building of the University of Pennsylvania. Recorded by the Language Laboratory of the University of Pennsylvania
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 15290092
- Also In
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Time-Based Media
- Time-Based Media
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-5aha-nd04
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.