Product Description

"The Library at Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, NH, has won the Twenty-Five Year award from the American Institute of Architects. The award is bestowed annually on an American work of architecture that has proved its merit over a life of at least a quarter of a century. . The Exeter Library, which opened in 1971, was designed by Louis I. Kahn (1901-74). Kahn . accomplished something no one else had quite figured out how to do. He made modern buildings that achieved the timeless, monumental presence of the great works of the past. . Kahn respected books. 'Nobody ever paid the price of a book; they pay only for the printing,' he once said. Exeter is his attempt to embody, in brick and teak and marble and concrete, the essence of a particular kind of institution: the house of books, the library." --Robert Campbell, The Boston Globe, January 11, 1997 This groundbreaking CD-ROM will bring you as close to the Library at Philips Exeter Academy as you can get without actually visiting it. The disc includes:
* video clips of the library's exterior and interior
* animated plans and sections
* hundreds of exterior and interior color photographs
* audio explanations by the author
* archival audio recordings of Kahn's lectures
* illustrated descriptions of five other projects by Kahn
System Requirements: Macintosh??: 68040 or Power PC processor; Apple??System 7.0 or higher; 5MB of free RAM (8MB recommended); 8-bit video display (16- or 24-bit recommended); 14-inch color monitor; 2X CD-ROM drive. Windows??: 80486 or Pentium-compatible processor; Windows??; 3.1 or higher; 4MB of free RAM ## ommended); 640 x 480 color monitor; 2X CD-ROM drive; MPC-compatible sound card; speaker##

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #263075 in eBooks
• Published on: 1997-04-30
• Released on: 1997-04-30
• Format: Kindle eBook
• Number of items: 1

Synopsis
This CD-ROM for architects explores a master work by Louis Kahn, one of the most influential architects of the 20th century. The CD presents one of Kahn's greatest works in the United States, the Library at Phillips Exeter Academy. A close look at the library shows far more than a design that meets the programme, budget and context, it reveals Kahn's strong commitment to his architectural ideology and aesthetics. Combining a large number of exterior and interior still photos with sound recordings, video clips, and animated drawings, the reader experiences the building while learning about Kahn's design ideas. The CD-ROM is completely interactive, allowing the reader to navigate the contents at their leisure, viewing images, studying drawings, analyzing the design of the building or listening to Kahn lecture on the nature of materials and his ideas for the library.

From the Back Cover
"The Library at Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, NH, has won the Twenty–Five Year award from the American Institute of Architects. The award is bestowed annually on an American work of architecture that has proved its merit over a life of at least a quarter of a century. … The Exeter Library, which opened in 1971, was designed by Louis I. Kahn (1901–74). Kahn … accomplished something no one else had quite figured out how to do. He made modern buildings that achieved the timeless, monumental presence of the great works of the past. … Kahn respected books. ‘Nobody ever paid the price of a book; they pay only for the printing,’ he once said. Exeter is his attempt to embody, in brick and teak and marble and concrete, the essence of a particular kind of institution: the house of books, the library." —Robert Campbell, The Boston Globe, January 11, 1997 This groundbreaking CD–ROM will bring you as close to the Library at Philips Exeter Academy as you can get without actually visiting it. The disc includes:

• video clips of the library’s exterior and interior
• animated plans and sections
• hundreds of exterior and interior color photographs
• audio explanations by the author
• archival audio recordings of Kahn’s lectures
• illustrated descriptions of five other projects by Kahn

System Requirements: Macintosh^®: 68040 or Power PC processor; Apple^®System 7.0 or higher; 5MB of free RAM (8MB recommended); 8–bit video display (16– or 24–bit recommended); 14–inch color monitor; 2X CD–ROM drive. Windows^®: 80486 or Pentium–compatible processor; Windows^®; 3.1 or higher; 4MB of free RAM ## ommended); 640 x 480 color monitor; 2X CD–ROM drive; MPC–compatible sound card; speaker##