Wurman, Richard S.
Research collection on Louis Kahn
Richard S. Wurman research collection on Louis Kahn, for "What Will Be Has Always Been" (Collection 288)
Richard Saul Wurman, architect, born 1935, received both his B.Arch. and M.Arch. (1959) degrees from the University of Pennsylvania, and worked in Louis Kahn's office for several years after graduation. He has chaired various conferences including IDCA (1972), AIA (1976), and TED (1984-2003), as well as published several books including Notebooks and Drawings of Louis I. Kahn (1963), What Will Be Has Always Been (1986), and Information Architects (1996).
The Richard Saul Wurman Collection is a research collection for his book What Will Be Has Always Been. The bulk of the collection is comprised of audio recordings of Kahn's lectures and interviews between Kahn, his students and other collaborators. There are also transcriptions of many of the recordings, portraits of Kahn, correspondence and other records.
Click here to view the finding aid to Collection 288: Richard S. Wurman research collection on Louis Kahn, for "What Will Be Has Always Been" on the Philadelphia Area Archives website.