The Louis I. Kahn Facsimile Project
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Louis I. Kahn, The Notebooks and Drawings of Louis I. Kahn

This is the official website for The Louis I. Kahn Facsimile Project, organized to publish an exact reproduction of The Notebooks and Drawings of Louis I. Kahn. Originally issued in 1962 by Richard Saul Wurman and Eugene Feldman, the book was one of the earliest public acknowledgments of architect Louis I. Kahn’s genius and the first book to present Kahn’s work in his own hand. He personally acknowledged this as his favorite book about his work.

The Facsimile will be accompanied by a Reader’s Guide that will include a wide array of material about the original book and Kahn, most of which has not been published previously.

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Our Kickstarter campaign to support publication of The Notebooks and Drawings of Louis I. Kahn and its Reader’s Guide has succeeded!

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A message from collaborator Richard Saul Wurman.

 

The Project:

 
 
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The Facsimile

The publication of an exact copy of Notebooks and Drawings, edited and designed by Richard Saul Wurman and Eugene Feldman and originally published in 1962. A second edition was released in 1973; both have long been out of print. Featuring drawings and notes by Louis I. Kahn, one of America’s most inventive and influential modernist architects, it was the first book to present Kahn’s work and one of the earliest public announcements of his genius.

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The Reader’s Guide

A companion Reader’s Guide developed with the editorial guidance of Richard Saul Wurman. This completely new publication provides context for the facsimile and includes much previously unpublished material on Kahn’s life and work. It is being conceptualized and designed to be of interest even to those who are familiar with Kahn. It will include surprising images and material that in many cases will never otherwise be seen by the public.

 
 
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Notebooks and Drawings:

A selection of pages from the 1973 edition of Notebooks and Drawings is shown below. To see the entire book, please click here.

 
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