The Louis I. Kahn Collection

The Architectural Archives of the University of Pennsylvania

Selected Holdings by Project Date
[1935-39] [1940-49] [1950-59] [1960-69] [1970-75]

Levy Memorial Playground, New York, NY; 1961-66.

1935-39:

Jersey Homesteads Cooperative Development, Hightstown, NJ; 1935-37 houses and factory built
Prefabricated House; 1937 unbuilt

1940-49:

Oser House, Melrose Park, PA; 1940-42 built
Carver Court Housing, Coatesville, PA; 1941-43 built
Pine Ford Acres, Middletown, PA; 1941-43 built, partially demolished
Bomber City (Willow Run), Detroit, MI; 1942-43 unbuilt
Lily Ponds Housing, Washington, DC; 1942-43 built, partially demolished
Hotel for 194x, published; 1943 unbuilt
Parasol House Type, for Knoll Associates; 1944 unbuilt
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, Store Design, published; 1944 unbuilt
Radbill Oil Company, Philadelphia, PA; 1944-47 built
Finklestein House (addition), Ardmore, PA; 1945-48 unbuilt
Hooper House (addition), Baltimore, MD; 1946 unbuilt
Philadelphia City Planning: Triangle Area, Philadelphia, PA; 1946-48 unbuilt
Jefferson Expansion Memorial Competition, St. Louis, MO; 1947 submitted, unbuilt
Ehle House, Haverford, PA; 1947-48 unbuilt
Roche House, Conshohocken, PA; 1947-49 built
Tompkins House, Philadelphia, PA; 1947-49 unbuilt
Weiss House, Norristown, PA; 1947-50 built
Genel House, Wynnewood, PA; 1948-51 built
Jewish Agency for Palestine Emergency Housing, Israel; 1949 unbuilt

1950-59

Philadelphia City Planning: Traffic Studies, Philadelphia, PA; 1951-53 unbuilt
Row House Studies for City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; 1951-53 unbuilt
Yale Art Gallery, New Haven, CT; 1951-53 built
Fruchter House, Philadelphia, PA; 1951-54 unbuilt
Mill Creek Housing, Philadelphia, PA; 1951-56 built
Philadelphia City Planning: Penn Center, Philadelphia, PA; 1951-58 unbuilt
City Tower Project, Philadelphia, PA; 1952-57 unbuilt
Adath Jeshuran Synagogue, Elkins Park, PA; 1954-55 unbuilt
Adler House, Philadelphia, PA; 1954-57 built, demolished
Jewish Community Center, Trenton, NJ; 1954-59 bathhouse and day camp built
Wharton Esherick Workshop, Paoli, PA; 1955-56 built
Morris House, Mt. Kisco, NY; 1955-58 unbuilt
Washington University Library Competition, St. Louis, MO; 1956 submitted, unbuilt
Philadelphia City Planning: Civic Center, Philadelphia, PA; 1956-57 unbuilt
Research Institute for Advanced Science, Baltimore, MD; 1956-58 unbuilt
Clever House, Cherry Hill, NJ; 1957-62 built
Richards Medical Research Laboratories, Philadelphia, PA; 1957-65 built
Tribune Review Building, Greensburg, PA; 1958-62 built
Fleisher House, Elkins Park, PA; 1959 unbuilt
Goldenberg House, Rydal, PA; 1959 unbuilt
Awbury Arboretum Housing Development, Philadelphia, PA; 1959-60 unbuilt
Esherick House, Chestnut Hill, PA; 1959-61 built
United States Consulate, Luanda, Angola; 1959-62 unbuilt
Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA; 1959-65 built
First Unitarian Church, Rochester, NY; 1959-69 built
Fine Arts Center, Fort Wayne, IN; 1959-73 theater and offices built

1960-69:

Roosevelt Memorial Competition, Washington, DC; 1960 unbuilt
Barge for American Wind Symphony Orchestra, River Thames, Eng.; 1960-61 unbuilt
Bristol Township Municipal Building, Levittown, PA; 1960-61 unbuilt
Philadelphia City Planning: Market East, Philadelphia, PA; 1960-63 unbuilt
University of Virginia Chemistry Building, Charlottesville, VA; 1960-63 unbuilt
Eleanor Donnelley Erdman Hall, Bryn Mawr, PA; 1960-65 built
Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, PA; 1960-66 unbuilt
Fisher House, Hatboro, PA; 1960-67 built
Carborundum Warehouse and Sales Office, Atlanta, GA; 1961-62 unbuilt
Levy Memorial Playground, New York, NY; 1961-66 unbuilt
Mikveh Israel Synagogue, Philadelphia, PA; 1961-72 unbuilt
Esherick House (addition for Mrs. Parker), Chestnut Hill, PA; 1962-64 unbuilt
Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India; 1962-74 built
National Capitol of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh; 1962-83 built
Hall of Ocean Life, Peabody Museum, New Haven, CT; 1963-65 unbuilt
President's Estate, Islamabad, Pakistan; 1963-66 unbuilt
Interama Community B, Miami, FL; 1963-69 unbuilt
Barge for American Wind Symphony Orchestra, Pittsburgh, PA; 1964-67 unbuilt
Dominican Motherhouse St. Catherine de Ricci, Media, PA; 1965-69 unbuilt
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD; 1965-69 unbuilt
Phillips Exeter Academy: Library/Dining Hall, Exeter, NH; 1965-72 built
Broadway Church and Office Building, New York, NY; 1966-68 unbuilt
Olivetti-Underwood Factory, Harrisburg, PA; 1966-70 built
Stern House, Washington, DC; 1966-70 unbuilt
Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX; 1966-72 built
Memorial to the Six Million Jewish Martyrs, New York, NY; 1966-72 unbuilt
Temple Beth-El Synagogue, Chippaqua, NY; 1966-72 built
Kansas City Office Building, Kansas City, MO; 1966-73 unbuilt
Rittenhouse Square Housing, Philadelphia, PA; 1967 unbuilt
Hill Renewal and Redevelopment, New Haven, CT; 1967-74 unbuilt
Hurva Synagogue, Jerusalem, Israel; 1967-74 unbuilt
Palazzo Congressi-Biennale, Venice, Italy, 1968-74 unbuilt
Wolfson Center for Engineering, Tel-Aviv, Israel; 1968-74 partially built
Raab Dual Movie Theater, Philadelphia, PA; 1969-70 unbuilt
Rice University School of Architecture, Houston, TX; 1969-70 unbuilt
Inner Harbor Project, Baltimore, MD; 1969-73 unbuilt
Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT; 1969-74 built

1970-75

Family Planning Center, Khatmandu, Nepal; 1970-75 partially built
Treehouse, Eagleville Hospital, Eagleville, PA; 1971 unbuilt
Bicentennial Exposition, Philadelphia, PA; 1971-73 unbuilt
Government Hill Development, Jerusalem, Israel; 1971-73 unbuilt
Korman House, Fort Washington, PA; 1971-73 built
Graduate Theological Union Library, Berkeley, CA; 1971-74 designed and built after Kahn's death
Honickman House, Fort Washington, PA; 1971-74 unbuilt
de Menil Foundation, Houston, TX; 1972-74 unbuilt
Philadelphia City Planning: Independence Mall, Philadelphia, PA; 1972-74 unbuilt
Pocono Arts Center, Luzerne County, PA; 1972-74 unbuilt
Abbasabad Redevelopment, Tehran, Iran; 1973-74 unbuilt
Roosevelt Memorial, New York, NY; 1973-74 unbuilt

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