Enrique Carrillo-Louis Kahn-Blog 2-Number 3

The third building featured is the Philips Exeter Academy Library. He also went with a inverted style with walls and windows on the exterior. By doing this, he created a 3-D effect with the building

He once again kept this theme of light by providing multiple windows throughout on top of a windowed roof to provide light everywhere into the building.

He also decided on doing a circle theme around the inside for two reasons. The first being to help provide an open feel of the building, to provide a “window” for the inside. The second, to help the overall structure of the building to provide a solid foundation fir the heavy books on the top floors.

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