Dead man building: is Louis Kahn's posthumous New York project his best?

2014-07-07T13:56:00-04:00

When the American architect Louis Kahn collapsed from a heart attack in the toilets of New York's Penn Station in 1974, he left behind a lot of loose ends. There were three children, by three different women [...]. There was his dwindling practice, which he left $500,000 in debt. And, tucked away in his sketchbooks, was a complete set of drawings for an unrealised project – one that would lie dormant in his archive for almost 40 years.

Decades Later, a Vision Survives

2012-09-13T12:43:00-04:00

The park...was conceived four decades ago. The visionary architect who designed it died in 1974. The site...remained a rubble heap while the project was left for dead. But in a city proud of its own impatience, perseverance sometimes pays off.

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Dead man building: is Louis Kahn's posthumous New York project his best?

Decades Later, a Vision Survives