What is Louis Kahn?
{{Infobox architect |name = Louis Kahn |image = Louis Kahn.jpg |parents = Bertha Schmuilowsky<br />Leopold Schmuilowsky |nationality = American |birth_date = {{birth date|1901|2|20}} |birth_place = [[Kuressaare]], [[Governorate of Estonia]], [[Russian Empire]]<ref name=ekspress>{{cite journal| url=http://www.arhliit.ee/uudised/artiklid/4435/| publisher=Eesti Ekspress| language=et| title=Kus sündis Louis Kahn?| trans-title=Where was Louis Kahn born?| first1=Karin| last1=Paulus| first2=Olavi| last2=Pesti| date=23 November 2006| journal=EAA Architecture News| access-date=28 November 2019| archive-date=3 October 2023| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231003233715/http://www.arhliit.ee/uudised/artiklid/4435/| url-status=dead}}</ref> |death_date = {{death date and age|1974|3|17|1901|2|20}} |death_place = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S. |practice = |significant_buildings = [[Jatiyo Sangshad Bhaban]]<br>[[Yale University Art Gallery]]<br>[[Salk Institute]]<br>[[Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad]]<br>[[Phillips Exeter Academy Library]]<br>[[Kimbell Art Museum]] |significant_projects = Center of [[Philadelphia]], Urban and Traffic Study |awards = [[AIA Gold Medal]]<br>[[RIBA Gold Medal]] }} '''Louis Isadore Kahn''' (born '''Itze-Leib Schmuilowsky''') ({{OldStyleDate|March 5|1901|February 20}} – March 17, 1974) was an Estonian-born American [[architect]].<ref>{{cite book |quote=The Estonian-born architect Kahn (1901–1974), who immigrated with his family to Philadelphia in 1906 |title=My Grandparents, My Parents and I: Jewish art and culture |last=Van Voolen |first=Edward |date=30 September 2006 |publisher=Prestel |isbn= 978-3791333625 |page=138 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mqBPAAAAMAAJ&q=%22The+Estonian-born+architect+Kahn+(1901-1974),+who+immigrated+with+his+family+to+Philadelphia+in+1906%22 |access-date=23 July 2019}}</ref> His career was set in [[Philadelphia]]. He founded his own [[Atelier (art)|atelier]] in 1935. While continuing his priva