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Adam 2022-11-30 13:27:29

I only started to create at the age of 51, but eventually became a generational master of the construction industry; Dhaka International Conference Center made me reflect on my regional prejudice. It turns out that relatively poor countries will also have eternal art-like architecture. This world is far more Three-dimensional imagination; someone would build a futuristic ship, tour the world with his own band and spend his life; after Louis Kahn became famous all over the world, but because he was unwilling to compromise his own design, he accepted it. If you don't have a project, you will be conscientious, work overtime every day and have no bad habits, but you will be bankrupt when you die.

When I watched Prague Love, I sighed that the male protagonist could willingly change from a decent middle-class to a lifelong farmer in order not to compromise with the Soviet Union. I feel that this outlook on life has taught me that there must be a bottom line in personality. It is this kind of person in reality, obviously famous all over the world, obviously a workaholic, but because he is unwilling to compromise his architectural design with the owner, he ends up going bankrupt.

Although the public bathroom of the Turlington Jewish Community Center is not his representative work, when I saw the design of the wall at the corner of the entrance, I got goosebumps, it was as sacred as an Egyptian temple; Looking at the screen and watching the 480p video, I can feel the beauty of such a philosophical architecture; the Kimbell Art Museum, the beauty makes me reflect, my infinite praise for Subo is largely because I have never seen it before. A better building, the Kimbell Museum is one of the buildings in the Heaven Beyond the Sky series

Architecture can be really beautiful. Some buildings are destined to become cultural preservation after they are completed. Many excellent modern buildings should be protected like cultural relics even if they are very new. too far behind

The documentary was well done, but the director (that is, Louis Kahn's son)'s search for his father, his desire for father's love was too sad, and he wanted to give the director a big hug. All three families have suffered a lot for Louis Kahn's irresponsibility, the master is indeed flawed in his personal life, and people are indeed multi-faceted

The life of the protagonist, Louis Kahn, is too dramatic. Louis Kahn had many misfortunes in his life, but it is definitely his luck to have such a documentary after his death

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  • Louis Kahn: How accidental our existences are, really, and how full of influence by circumstance.

  • Louis Kahn: A work of art... is not a living thing... that walks or runs. But the making of a life. That which gives you a reaction. To some it is the wonder of man's fingers. To some it is the wonder of the mind. To some it is the wonder of technique. And to some it is how real it is. To some, how transcendent it is. Like the 5th Symphony, it presents itself with a feeling that you know it, if you have heard it once. And you look for it, and though you know it you must hear it again. Though you know it you must see it again. Truly, a work of art is one that tells us that Nature cannot make what man can make.