The Salk Institute, La Jolla, California, designed by Louis Kahn, 1959 to 1966.

"My Architect"- a Son?EUR??,,????'???s Journey

?EUR??,,????'??My Architect,?EUR??,,????'?? a documentary of architect Louis Kahn by his son, Nathaniel, chronicles the son?EUR??,,????'???s search for his ?EUR??,,????'??real?EUR??,,????'?? father, a man considered one of the most influential architects of the 20th century. As we go to press, the film is up for an Oscar.

The son?EUR??,,????'???s search is motivated by trying to understand a father that had three families, two of them unbeknownst to him as a youngster. Kahn had three children with three women, one whom he married, Ester. Nathaniel was Kahn?EUR??,,????'???s third child. His mother was Harriet, a landscape architect who worked with Louis at his office. Near the time of Kahn?EUR??,,????'???s death, Harriet held out hope that the architect would leave Ester to return to her, but that never materialized.

Louis died in 1974 of a heart attack, with several uncompleted projects and in debt.

The film follows Nathaniel?EUR??,,????'???s five year journey to attempt to come to grips with his mysterious father, visiting his buildings and speaking with those who knew and worked with him. He interviews architects, including I.M. Pei, and the women who loved him.

Louis Kahn was born in Estonia in 1901 and his family emigrated to the U.S. in 1905. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Beaux Art School of Architecture and worked during the Depression as a draughtsman and then as a head designer for several Philadelphia firms designing public-assisted housing.

He was professor of architecture at Yale University and later dean at the University of Pennsylvania.

He received a number of Gold Medal architectural awards, and was elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1971.

Some of his building include the National Assembly in Dacca, Bangladesh; University Art Center, New Haven, Connecticut; Salk Institute, La Jolla, California; and the Kimbell Museum, Fort Worth, Texas.