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Source Collection
Alan Karchmer collection, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries
Identifier
25_21.A
Description
School of Engineering, Memphis State University, Memphis, Tennessee. Built in 1970. Architects: O'Brien and Associates. Photographer: Alan Karchmer. © Alan Karchmer.
This and other campus structures built during this period reflect some of Louis Kahn's motifs.
Architect Louis I. Kahn became a prominent figure in American architecture in the 1960's as he re-introduced humanistic considerations in his solid and eternal forms. The massing of his structures was composed of solids with voids carved into them as opposed to the Miesian concept of thin skinned skeletal buildings. While simple geometric form and the straightforward use of natural materials characterize his works, philosophical considerations in organizing building parts and services, and his poetic expression of space, substance, and form are spiritually evident.
Date Created
2021
Date
undated
Recommended Citation
"School of Engineering, Memphis" (2021). Images. 63.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-karchmera2/63
Keywords
Architecture--Tennessee--Memphis.
