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5. Louis I. Kahn and Paul Weiss: Presence of the Past
Eeva-Liisa Pelkonen
Description: Untimely Moderns: How Twentieth-Century Architecture Reimagined the Past
Untimely Moderns: How Twentieth-Century Architecture Reimagined the Past
When asked in 1946 to comment on the state of architectural education at Yale, Charles H. Sawyer, the leading candidate to succeed Everett Victor Meeks as dean of the School of Fine Arts at that time, offered his verdict in no ambiguous terms:
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Eeva-Liisa Pelkonen
PublisherYale University Press
Copyright© 2023 by Eeva-Liisa Pelkonen
Related print edition pages: pp.104-123
Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-31752
Chapter subject tags:Kahn, Louis I., 1901-1974Weiss, Paul, 1901-2002Architecture--Study and teaching--United States--20th centurySawyer, Charles Henry, 1868-1954Architecture, Modern--20th centuryYale University. School of Art and ArchitectureArt, Modern--20th centuryPerspectaAlbers, AnniAlbers, Josef

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