Renzo Piano and Louis Kahn dialogue: Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth Cover Image

Dialog Renzo Piano z Louisem Kahnem: Kimbell Art Museum w Fort Worth
Renzo Piano and Louis Kahn dialogue: Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth

Author(s): Artur Jasiński
Subject(s): Architecture
Published by: Oficyna Wydawnicza KA AFM
Keywords: architecture of museum; Renzo Piano; Louis Kahn;

Summary/Abstract: Kimbell Art Muzeum Building in Fort Worth, Texas, has been designed by Louis Kahn in between 1965–1970. Since then this building is considered as a masterpiece, in which collection of art is perfectly joined with architecture by means of the light. In 2013, in front of Kahn building the new museum pavilion designed by Renzo Piano was erected. Those two structures conduct an outstanding dialog: Kahn architecture is playing the role of classical standard, and Piano, as if a jazz pianist, is playing around it his own slender, swinging phrase.

  • Issue Year: XVIII/2018
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 65-81
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish