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    Design and Architecture

    Nathaniel Kahn's My Architect and Earth Architecture in Bam

    Louis Kahn was a titan of American architecture, but a mystery as a parent. Frances Anderton speaks with Nathaniel Kahn whose quest to know his late father resulted in the film My Architect. Also, a conversation with Nader Khalili, founder of the California Institute of Earth Art and Architecture, about the human--and architectural--loss in devastated Bam, and designers' efforts to provide emergency shelter. Click on the link below for a complete list of upcoming CALENDAR OF DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURAL EVENTS.

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    By Frances Anderton • Jan 6, 2004 • 30m Listen

    Today's guests:

    Nathaniel Kahn is the director of My Architect, about a son's quest to understand his late father, the influential architect Louis Kahn.

    Architect Nader Khalili is the founder of the California Institute of Earth Art and Architecture in Hesperia, San Bernardino County. She is also the author of Racing Alone, about his journey around Iran, discovering earth architecture.

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      Frances Anderton

      architecture critic and author

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