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Description: Could modern architects not learn to work with traditional materials while retaining the forms and the spirit of our own times? This is the question so beautifully answered by one of the greatest of all modernists, the American architect Louis Kahn. Sign up to our new newsletter and get 10% off your first online order of a book, product or class: bit.ly/3HpVdSa For books and more from The School of Life, visit our online shop: bit.ly/34JrogW Our website has classes, articles and products to help you lead a more fulfilled life: bit.ly/3rD4L6Q Join this channel to get access to exclusive members perks: youtube.com/channel/UC7IcJI8PUf5Z3zKxnZvTBog/join FURTHER READING You can read more on this and other subjects on our blog, here: bit.ly/3HI9qda “Kahn was born in Russia in 1901 and emigrated with his parents to the US at the age of 3. As a young man he studied architecture at the University of Pennsylvania, but his career truly blossomed in the 1950s after a trip to Rome led him to a new appreciation of the beauty of Roman architecture. Kahn’s major contribution to modern architecture was to include ancient elements in his work without losing the innovation and clarity of modernism. He reminded the Modernists that they could be in dialogue with their most illustrious predecessors…” MORE SCHOOL OF LIFE Watch more films on ART/ARCHITECTURE in our playlist: bit.ly/2XTKFF5 SOCIAL MEDIA Feel free to follow us at the links below: Facebook: facebook.com/theschooloflifelondon Twitter: twitter.com/TheSchoolOfLife Instagram: instagram.com/theschooloflifelondon CREDITS Produced in collaboration with: Mad Adam Films Title animation produced in collaboration with Vale Productions valeproductions.co.uk