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“Architecture is what nature cannot make. Architecture is something unnatural but not something made up.”

Quote by Louis Kahn

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Louis Kahn, born on February 20, 1901, and died on March 17, 1974, was one of the most influential architects of the 20th century. Known for his unique modernist style and profound philosophical thinking, Kahn's works have had a profound impact on architecture. more

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“Architecture appears for the first time when the sunlight hits a wall. The sunlight did not know what it was before it hit a wall.”

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“The sun never knew how great it was until it hit the side of a building.”

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“I sense Light as the giver of all presences, and material as spent Light. What is made by Light casts a shadow, and the shadow belongs to Light.”

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Book:The Art Museums of Louis I. Kahn

Source: The Art Museums of Louis I. Kahn

“I sense a Threshold: Light to Silence, Silence to Light - an ambiance of inspiration, in which the desire to be, to express, crosses with the possible Light to Silence, Silence to Light crosses in the sanctuary of art.”

Art Light Inspiration Desire Silence Crosses Sanctuary Threshold Ambiance

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“Architects in planning rooms today have forgotten their faith in natural light. Depending on the touch of a finger to a switch, they are satisfied with static light and forget the endlessly changing qualities of natural light, in which a room is a different room every second of the day.”

Different Light Today Natural Forget Rooms Quality Fingers Forgotten Planning Satisfied Architect Static Every Second Natural Light

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“Also marvelous in a room is the light that comes through the windows of a room and that belongs to the room. The sun does not realize how beautiful it is until after a room is made. A man’s creation, the making of a room, is nothing short of a miracle. Just think, that a man can claim a slice of the sun.”

Thinking Men Doe Made Light Beautiful Realizing Rooms Sun Creation Window Miracle Claims Marvelous

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“I was brought up Roman Catholic. I'm not even baptized.”

Catholic Baptized Roman Catholic

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“All material in nature, the mountains and the streams and the air and we, are made of Light which has been spent, and this crumpled mass called material casts a shadow, and the shadow belongs to Light.”

Has Beens Made Light Air Materials Mountain Mass Shadow Casts Streams

Author:Louis Kahn

“The creation of art is not the fulfillment of a need but the creation of a need. The world never needed Beethoven's Fifth Symphony until he created it. Now we could not live without it.”

World Needs Art Creation Needed Art Is Fulfillment Fifth Symphony

Book:Louis I. Kahn: l'uomo, il maestro

Source: Louis I. Kahn: l'uomo, il maestro

“How accidental our existences are, really, and how full of influence by circumstance.”

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