The Architect · Lina · New York
Roosevelt Island (Four Freedoms Park)
Kahn designed this in 1974 and died before it was built; it finally opened in 2012, unchanged. It's pure Kahn — a triangular lawn narrowing to a granite 'room' open to the sky and the river, every joint and gap precisely sized. Take the tram over for the approach and the silence.
Louis Kahn's posthumously built memorial — austere granite geometry pointed at the UN.
— Lina, The Architect
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