Louis Kahn

Louis Isadore Kahn (born Itze-Leib Schmuilowsky) (March 5 [O.S. February 20] 1901 – March 17, 1974) was an Estonian-born American architect.^[2] His career was set in Philadelphia.

Louis Kahn
Born	(1901-02-20)February 20, 1901 Kuressaare, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire[1]
Died	March 17, 1974(1974-03-17) (aged 73) New York City, New York, U.S.
Nationality	American
Occupation	Architect
Parent(s)	Bertha Schmuilowsky Leopold Schmuilowsky
Awards	AIA Gold Medal RIBA Gold Medal
Buildings	Jatiyo Sangshad Bhaban Yale University Art Gallery Salk Institute Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad Phillips Exeter Academy Library Kimbell Art Museum
Projects	Center of Philadelphia, Urban and Traffic Study

He founded his own atelier in 1935. While continuing his private practice, he was a design critic and professor of architecture at Yale School of Architecture from 1947 to 1957. From 1957 until his death, he was a professor of architecture at the School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania.

Kahn died of a heart attack on March 17, 1974 in a bathroom at Penn Station in Manhattan, aged 73.^[3]