Louis Isadore Kahn (1901-1974) treated each building like a temple. Across the United States, in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Israel, his designs combined the sleek, utilitarian surfaces of modernism with a devotion to geometric forms and a reverence for natural light that suffused his stuctures with a monumental and breathtaking spirituality. This essential introduction brings together 17 of Kahn's most important buildings across his cultural, governmental, religious, and residential repertoire. Plans, views, descriptions, and quality photographs trace the context and development of each project, while an introductory essay explores Kahn's unique architectural ideology and his legacy as one of the most important 20th-century American architects since Frank Lloyd Wright. Through Kahn masterworks, such as the National Assembly Building in Dhaka, Bangladesh, or Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, we'll explore Kahn's his "back to basics" grammar inspired by ancient sites in Italy, Greece, and Egypt; and his unique vocabulary of mass, void, and light that suffused the International Style with a near-celestial luminescence. About the series Born back in 1985, the Basic Art Series has evolved into the best-selling art book collection ever published. Each book in TASCHEN's Basic Architecture series features: an introduction to the life and work of the architect the major works in chronological order information about the clients, architectural preconditions as well as construction problems and resolutions a list of all the selected works and a map indicating the locations of the best and most famous buildings approximately 120 illustrations (photographs, sketches, drafts, and plans)

Take a trip with the TIMEless curatorial team in time through space through this exhibition catalog. Interactive architecture is more than cinema, more than architecture- it is architectural new media. The exhibit features over 100 works from award winning designers, architects, filmmakers, artists and musicians, including ten commissioned interactive installations. Design critic and planner Sam Hall Kaplan adds that at last architecture is shown in a new and exciting perspective, as a place in time: "it is really the way we experience architecture, temporal and temporary." The curators express that " the questions are more important than the answers; we explore immersive environments and connect them to the 20th century lineage of architecture and film. "Participating artist F. Myles Sciotto describes the exhibit as "highlighting projects that blur the threshold of spatial and temporal constructions." Film has influenced architecture since the dawn of the modern era. The creative process for entertainment as well as spaces for life and work share common ground. Perhaps film influences the profession of architecture through its speculative spaces which are removed from the constraints of reality. These instances serve as inspiration in the creation of the architecture of tomorrow. Participants Alan Abdulkader Allison Newmeyer, Urbana, Illinois Amy Shea Aaron LeGandre, Phoenix, Arizona Benjamin Ball Ben Brooksby, Provo, Utah Jakob + Mcfarlane, Paris, France Canon Design, Andrew King Studio with Angela Silver, Ontario Canada Candas Sisman, Istanbul Turkey Carlos Barbosa, Miami, Florida Che-Wei Wang, New York, New York Clara Lee Christian Pongratz, Lubbock, Texas. Coy Howard, Los Angeles, California Craig Hodgetts, Los Angeles, California Daniel Herren, Bern, Switzerland David Pandam Hertz, Los Angeles, California Dimitri Kim, Los Angeles, California Dorsey Dunn, Los Angeles, California Dr. Michael Arbib, Los Angeles, California F. Myles Sciotto, Los Angeles, California Jason Lee Bruns, Los Angeles, California Jay Malloy, Los Angeles, California Jeff Gauthier, Claremont, California Jeff Hall, Los Angeles, California Joanna Cheung + Gabriel Noguez, Santa Monica, California Johannas Knoops, New York New York Joseph Kaufman, New York Joseph Rosa, Ann Arbor, Michagin Katharine O'Malley Ken Saylor, New York, New York Jimmy Luu Kyle von Hasseln, Los Angeles, California Kenny McNett, Santa Monica, California Manuel Colon-Amador Marcos Novak, Los Angeles, California Martha Howe, Santa Monica, California Martin Roy Mervel, Los Angeles, California Matei Denes Foxlin (Michael A. Fox), Pamona, California Michele Saee, Paris, Los Anegles, Bejing Naomi Scully, Los Angeles, California Patti Oleon, San Fransisco, California Ralph Spencer Steenblik, Vienna, Austria Robert Ivanov, New York, New York Robert Trempe, Philadelphia, Pennsilvania Roberto Prado, Santa Monica, California Robin Nanney & Christopher Norman, Los Angeles, California Scott Chambliss Sevak Petrosian, Burbank, Califonia Shamsul Kamal Akmal Stephen Mitchell Steve Curcuru Steven Suchman, Santa Monica Stewart Hicks, Urbana, Illinois Syd Mead, Pasadena, California Taiki Sugita Tim Durfee, Pasadena, California Toby Corbett Curators Ralph Spencer Steenblik Martin Roy Mervel AIA Catalog Editor Naomi Scully Curatorial Team Naomi Scully Tiffany Shaw Collings Chris Martin Adriana McElwain Henry Dominguez Taylor J. Hayes Luis Orozco Alison Pinsler Christian Contreras

This handsome book examines the remarkable new addition to the Art Institute of Chicago, designed by Renzo Piano and scheduled to open in May 2009. This expansion to the Art Institute of Chicago, already one of the largest museums in the country, will provide new galleries for modern and contemporary painting and sculpture, as well as for photography, film and video, and architecture and design. The structure is Piano's largest art museum building to date. The museum's director, James Cuno, discusses the history of the commission, and Paul Goldberger writes on how this building fits into the larger context of Piano's work-especially his many museum designs-as well as considers its positioning in a city celebrated for its architecture. Judith Turner provides exquisite architectural photographs, showing many nuanced details and views of the structure, while Joseph Rosa comments on her images and how they convey the beauty and sophistication of the building. Photographs by New York-based architectural photographer Paul Warchol complete the book Distributed for the Art Institute of Chicago

Announcing A+D (Architecture and Design), a new series from the Art Institute of Chicago, which highlights the work of important architects and designers from around the world. Innovatively designed by the New York firm 2x4, the titles are either historical in nature or investigate current critical thinking and practice in architecture and design. This handsome book presents the oeuvre of Douglas Garofalo, principal of Garofalo Architects, internationally renowned for its innovative residential, commercial, institutional, and public building projects. With an impressive list of clients that includes the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, the Hyde Park Art Center, and the Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago, the firm has also designed a number of private residences and played a significant role in Chicago's urban design and public planning. Douglas Garofalo looks at the architect's work to date, drawing from the full spectrum of his built work, theoretical and visionary projects (including the Camouflage House outside Chicago ), and competition entries (including those for the Chicago Housing Authority and the Chicago Public Schools). Illustrations of and informative entries on the drawings, models, and digital media that showcase this work are featured. Distributed for the Art Institute of Chicago Exhibition Schedule: The Art Institute of Chicago (June 15 - October 8, 2006)