Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India, Elevation sketch of House
Louis I. Kahn
American, born Estonia. 1901–1974
1963
A charcoal on tracing paper elevation in which Louis Kahn tests the façadal composition of a house for the Indian Institute of Management, using quick, tactile marks to work out massing, openings, and human scale.
You notice first the spare, gestural charcoal—smudged vertical bays, a prominent central projection and a tiny, sketched figure—that makes monumental blocks feel palpable and human-sized at once.
The sketch reveals Kahn’s working method of hand-drawn studies that translated modernist geometry into a robust, material architecture and helped shape a distinctive, regionally responsive modernism in postcolonial India.
Medium
Charcoal on tracing paper
Dimensions
Sheet 11 1/8 x 18" (28.2 x 45.7 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Gift of the architect
Accession
424.1967
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