My Architect: A Son's Journey (2003)

  • NR
  • 11/12/2003 (US)
  • Documentary
  • 1h 56m

A man. His buildings. His secret lives.

Overview

World-famous architect Louis Kahn (Exeter Library, Salk Institute, Bangladeshi Capitol Building) had two illegitimate children with two different women outside of his marriage. Son Nathaniel always hoped that someday his father would come and live with him and his mother, but Kahn never left his wife. Instead, Kahn was found dead in a men's room in Penn Station when Nathaniel was only 11.

Nathaniel Kahn

Writer, Director

Cast

Edmund Bacon's headshot

Edmund Bacon

Self
Edwina Pattison Daniels's headshot

Edwina Pattison Daniels

Aunt Eddie
Balkrishna Doshi's headshot

Balkrishna Doshi

Self
Frank Gehry's headshot

Frank Gehry

Self
Philip Johnson's headshot

Philip Johnson

Self
Louis Kahn's headshot

Louis Kahn

Self (archival footage)
Nathaniel Kahn's headshot

Nathaniel Kahn

Self
Sue Ann Kahn's headshot

Sue Ann Kahn

Self

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