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Louis Kahn

1901 - 1974

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Louis Isadore Kahn (born Itze-Leib Schmuilowsky; March 5 [O.S. February 20] 1901 – March 17, 1974) was an Estonian-born American architect based in Philadelphia. After working in various capacities for several firms in Philadelphia, he founded his own atelier in 1935. While continuing his private practice, he served as a design critic and professor of architecture at Yale School of Architecture from 1947 to 1957. From 1957 until his death, he was a professor of architecture at the School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Louis Kahn is the 86th most popular architect (down from 80th in 2019), the 13th most popular biography from Estonia (down from 11th in 2019) and the most popular Estonian Architect.

Louis Kahn is most famous for his design of the Salk Institute in California.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Louis Kahn ranks 86 out of 518Before him are Vincenzo Scamozzi, Erich Mendelsohn, Philip Johnson, Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli, Robert Venturi, and Giuliano da Sangallo. After him are Richard Rogers, Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, Lluís Domènech i Montaner, Daniel Libeskind, Senenmut, and Frei Otto.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Louis Kahn ranks 56Before him are Walter Hallstein, Eisaku Satō, José Nasazzi, Carl Barks, Nikolai Vatutin, and Lee Strasberg. After him are Luis Monti, Pier Giorgio Frassati, Manly P. Hall, Mildred Harris, Stefan Wyszyński, and Rudolf Slánský. Among people deceased in 1974, Louis Kahn ranks 32Before him are Jacob L. Moreno, Peng Dehuai, Otto Strasser, Satyendra Nath Bose, Lewis Strauss, and Zalman Shazar. After him are Fritz Zwicky, Carl Spaatz, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Walter Brennan, Virginia Apgar, and Cass Elliot.

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In Estonia

Among people born in Estonia, Louis Kahn ranks 13 out of 351Before him are Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen (1778), Konstantin Päts (1874), Lennart Meri (1929), Wolfgang Köhler (1887), Paul Keres (1916), and Kaja Kallas (1977). After him are Alar Karis (1958), Paul von Rennenkampf (1854), Siim Kallas (1948), Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow (1929), Jakob von Uexküll (1864), and Adolf von Harnack (1851).

Among ARCHITECTS In Estonia

Among architects born in Estonia, Louis Kahn ranks 1