Beaux-Arts Influence in Louis I. Kahn

Ahmet Gülgönen illustrates how Louis Kahn's education at the École des Beaux-Arts influenced his thinking and practice during the period they worked together.

“Compared to the Beaux-Arts ideal, where spaces are connected sequentially within an axial composition, we see that in Kahn, spaces, on the contrary, retain their specific arrangements (…).”

“When Kahn spoke about his education at Beaux-Arts, he mentioned how important 'sketching' was for his own personality within this learning system.”

“All the projects he undertook felt like a struggle against himself; this is why composition took so long for Kahn.”