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Author:   James Williamson (University of Memphis, United States)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781138229273

ISBN 10:   113822927
Pages:   204
Publication Date:   11 October 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction, Part I: 1. Louis I. Kahn at the University of Pennsylvania, 2. A Philosophy of Education, 3. A Man Under a Tree, 4. Pedagogy in Practice, 5. Kahn and his Students, 6. Kahn and the Psychology of Creativity, 7. Kahn in the Light of Contemporary Architectural Education, Part II: 8. Teachers and Practitioners, 9. After Lou (John Tyler Sidener, Jr.), 10. Kahn’s Voice, (Richard T. Reep, Sr.), 11. Learn, Do, Order, Reflect…The Cycle of A Career (Max A. Robinson), 12. The Kahn Connection (Gary Moye), 13. From the Ground (Stan Field), 14. Lessons Learned…Lessons Applied (James L. Cutler), 15. Becoming and Being, Reflections on a Career (Sherman Aronson), Epilogue: A Teacher’s Legacy, Appendices: Design Problems and Student Demography, 1955-74, Appendix A: Class Problems and Student Demography, 1955-74, Appendix B: Country of Origin, Appendix C: Institutions of Higher Education Attended prior to Enrollment at the University of Pennsylvania

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"""A value of Kahn at Penn: Transformative Teacher of Architecture (Routledge, 2015) is that editor and architect James Williamson included the scathing remarks of former Kahn students who felt Kahn’s language was unnecessarily abstract and obscure, even to their ears shallow and misleading. These accusations have been issued elsewhere in print before – but in the context of this kind of symposium on Kahn as architectural pedagogue the reports by naysayers assure this book won’t be taken as hagiography."" - Norman Weinstein, Architectural Review"

A value of Kahn at Penn: Transformative Teacher of Architecture (Routledge, 2015) is that editor and architect James Williamson included the scathing remarks of former Kahn students who felt Kahn's language was unnecessarily abstract and obscure, even to their ears shallow and misleading. These accusations have been issued elsewhere in print before - but in the context of this kind of symposium on Kahn as architectural pedagogue the reports by naysayers assure this book won't be taken as hagiography. - Norman Weinstein, Architectural Review

Author Information

James F. Williamson is a professor of architecture at the University of Memphis and has also taught at the University of Pennsylvania, Yale, Drexel University, and Rhodes College. He holds two Master of Architecture degrees from Penn, where he was a student in Louis Kahn’s Master’s Class of 1974. He was later an Associate with Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates. For over 30 years he practiced as a principal in his own firm in Memphis with special interests in religious and institutional architecture. Williamson was elected to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects in recognition of his contributions in architectural design and education. He is the recipient of the 2014 AIA Edward S. Frey Award for career contributions to religious architecture and support of the allied arts.

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