Coming to Light: The Louis I. Kahn Monument to Franklin D. Roosevelt for New York City
Irwin S. Chanin School of ArchitectureThe Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, 2005

Paperback | 12 x 8 inches | 48 pages | 44 illustrations | English | $20.00

PUBLISHER'S DESCRIPTION:
Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name co-sponsored by The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture and the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute at The Cooper Union from January 10 ? February 18, 2005, this catalogue examines the evolution of Louis I. Kahn?s design for the Roosevelt Memorial, his only completed late work that remains unbuilt.
Designed between 1972 and Kahn?s death in March 1974, the memorial to Franklin D. Roosevelt was to be constructed at Southpoint Park on the southern tip of Roosevelt Island. Reproduced within the book?s pages are illustrations of Kahn?s model and drawings for the memorial including previously unpublished sketches from a pocket notebook that Kahn carried with him during his travels. These are accompanied by the construction documents for the project, which were completed with the support of the office of Mitchell/Giurgola Architects and David Wisdom Architect after Kahn's death in March 1974. The catalogue contains several major texts on both the Roosevelt Memorial and its context within the body of Kahn?s work. These include Kahn and the Civic Realm by Robert Geddes, Kahn and the Belated Monument by Michael J. Lewis, and Monumen...