Architectures S1 E67 - The Phillips Exeter Academy Library

Architectures

Architectures S1 E67 - The Phillips Exeter Academy Library
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A masterpiece of geometry and of architectural precision, the library is one of Lous Kahn's last works. Louis Kahn reinvented library layouts by placing readers close to daylight on the periphery of the building, and by creating a vast central atrium.

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ProductionLes Films d'Ici
The Villa Dall'Ava
Nemausus 1
The Iron House
Charlety, a Stadium in the City
Pierrefonds, the Architect's Castle
The Vienna Savings Bank
The Georges Pompidou Centre
Family Lodging in Guise
A House in Bordeaux
The Dessau Bauhaus
Satolas - TGV
The Johnson Building
The Paris Fine Art School
The Siza School
The Stone Thermal Baths
The Galleria Umberto I
The Saint Pancras Station
The Wind Box
The Garnier Opera
The Jewish Museum Berlin
The Convent of La Tourette
The Auditorium Building in Chicago
The Municipal Center of Säynätsalo
The Casa Milá
The Glass House
The Abbey Church of Saint Foy at Conques
The Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao
The Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans
Jean Prouvé's House
The Multimedia Library of Sendai
The Alhambra, Grenade
Phaeno, Building as Landscape
The House of Sugimoto
The Reception and Congress Building in Rome
The Yoyogo Olympic Gymnasiums
The Villa Barbaro
The Royal Mosque at Isfahan
The Menier Chocolate Factory
The Pyramid of Pharoah Djoser at Saqqara
The German Pavilion in Barcelona
The SAS Royal Hotel
Roissy 1
The Maisons Castle
The Luxembourg Philharmonic
VitraHaus
The Igualada Cemetery
The Citadel de Lille
The Sainte-Geneviève Library
The Church of Notre-Dame du Raincy
Ewha, the Seoul Hidden University
The Rolex Learning Center
The National Dance Center
The Cologne Cathedral
The Citadel of Leisure, the Pompeia Social Service Center
The Hotels de Soubise and de Rohan
The French Communist Party Headquarters
The Unal House
The Van Nelle Factory in Rotterdam
The Glass Galleon
Itimad-ud-Daulah, the Mughal Mausoleum
The Home for All at Rikuzentakata
The Wa Shan Guesthouse
The Glasgow School of Art
The Sante, a Prison in Paris
The Bamboo School of Bali
Médiacité - a Designer Mall
The Phillips Exeter Academy Library