James F. Williamson is a professor of architecture at the University of Memphis and has also taught at the University of Pennsylvania, Yale, Drexel University, and Rhodes College. He holds two Master of Architecture degrees from Penn, where he was a student in Louis Kahn's Master's Class of 1974. He was later an Associate with Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates. For over 30 years he practiced as a principal in his own firm in Memphis with special interests in religious and institutional architecture. Williamson was elected to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects in recognition of his contributions in architectural design and education. He is the recipient of the 2014 AIA Edward S. Frey Award for career contributions to religious architecture and support of the allied arts.
Introduction
Part I: 1. Louis I. Kahn at the University of Pennsylvania
2. A Philosophy of Education
3. A Man Under a Tree
4. Pedagogy in Practice
5. Kahn and his Students
6. Kahn and the Psychology of Creativity
7. Kahn in the Light of Contemporary Architectural Education
Part II: 8. Teachers and Practitioners
9. After Lou (John Tyler Sidener
Jr.)
10. Kahn's Voice
(Richard T. Reep
Sr.)
11. Learn
Do
Order
Reflect...The Cycle of A Career (Max A. Robinson)
12. The Kahn Connection (Gary Moye)
13. From the Ground (Stan Field)
14. Lessons Learned...Lessons Applied (James L. Cutler)
15. Becoming and Being
Reflections on a Career (Sherman Aronson)
Epilogue: A Teacher's Legacy
Appendices: Design Problems and Student Demography
1955-74
Appendix A: Class Problems and Student Demography
1955-74
Appendix B: Country of Origin
Appendix C: Institutions of Higher Education Attended prior to Enrollment at the University of Pennsylvania
