Kahn and the XX Century

A. Rappaport’s Review of P. Kapustin’s Essay Accompanied by the Author’s Comments

Authors

  • Petr Kapustin Voronezh State Technical University image/svg+xml
  • Alexander Rappaport Union of Moscow Architects; Union of Designers of Russia

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7480/projectbaikal.59.1451

Published

2019-03-14

Issue

Section

Editorial material

How to Cite

Kahn and the XX Century: A. Rappaport’s Review of P. Kapustin’s Essay Accompanied by the Author’s Comments. (2019). Project Baikal, 16(59), 146-149. https://doi.org/10.7480/projectbaikal.59.1451

Keywords:

Louis Kahn; architectural style; individuation; avant-garde; architectural criticism; modernity

Abstract

The authors discuss the significance of L. Kahn for culture of the XX century. In the period of transition from modernism to postmodernism, Kahn remained a unique figure: he took upon himself all the problems of the destroyed and unfinished architecture. They point out his distinctiveness and relation to the transition from avant-garde to modernism. They discuss the phenomenon of subjectiveness of architectural criticism.