Louis Kahn’s Indian Institute of Management in AhmedAbad

Photographed by Laurian   Ghinitoiu
In celebration of the life of Louis Kahn, who would have celebrated his
birthday on this day, photographer Laurian   Ghinitoiu has visited the Indian
Institute of Management in Ahmed abad – one of the architect’s seminal
projects, which was only completed after his death in 1974.
In 1961, a visionary group of industrialists collaborated with the Harvard
Business School to create a new educational institute focused on the
advancement of specific professions to advance India’s industry.
Balkrishna   Doshi believed that Kahn would be able to envision a new,
modern school for India’s best and brightest. Kahn’s chose not to singularly
focus on the classroom as the center of academic thought but rather as the
formal setting for the beginning of learning; the hallways and Kahn’s Plaza
became new hubs for learning and discourse.