From the publisher. July 2015 issue of a+u is a special issue focused on the collection of drawings of Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas.
Kimbell Art Museum, completed in 1972, is one of Louis I. Kahn's later works. The issue features a set of construction drawings from the collection of Preston M. Geren's office who was the associate architect of the project.
The issue is composed of the drawings, photographs taken by our own photographers, two essays and an interview with two architects from Geren's office who worked on the project.
Contents
Feature:
Kimbell Art Museum – Drawing Collection
Photos of Kimbell Art Museum
Essay: Architecture is a Team Sport
Lawrence Speck
Preston M. Geren Drawings
Plans
Vaults and Walls
Interview: Collaborating on the Making of the Kimbell Art Museum
Frank H. Sherwood, Dewayne Manning,
Katie Pierce Meyer (interviewer)
Interior Light
Light Courts
Library
Auditorium
Shop Area and Offices
Essay: Ancient and future images of the present: Impressions of the Kimbell Art Museum
Carlos Jimenez
Miscellaneous Drawings
136 Pages / 292mm x 219mm / English/Japanese
