Completed after his death, Louis I. Kahn's Yale Center for British Art is composed of a structured grid of squares. Simple and symmetrical, the 20-foot square spaces are organized around two inner courts. Coffered skylights illuminate interior spaces.
The Yale Center for British Art in New Haven, Connecticut
1974, Louis I. Kahn, Architect
By Jackie Craven, About.com Guide
Designed by modernist architect Louis I. Kahn, the Yale Center for British Art is a massive concrete structure organized into roomlike grids.
Yale Center for British Art, Louis Kahn, architect
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