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Collection: Louis I. Kahn Collection

Institution: Architectural Archives of the University of Pennsylvania

Client Name: President of Pakistan (later President of the Peoples Republic of Bangladesh)

[030.IV.A.650.1] Sher-e-Bangla Nagar; construction photoprints, dated 5/64-5/65 (62 photoprints).
[030.IV.A.650.2] Sher-e-Bangla Nagar; construction photoprints, dated June 1965 (100 photoprints).
[030.IV.A.650.3] Sher-e-Bangla Nagar; construction photoprints, dated 1966 (29 photoprints).
[030.IV.A.650.4] Sher-e-Bangla Nagar; construction photoprints, dated 1967 (89 photoprints).
[030.IV.A.650.5] Sher-e-Bangla Nagar; construction photoprints, dated 1968 (77 photoprints).
[030.IV.A.650.6] Sher-e-Bangla Nagar; construction photoprints, dated 1969 (35 photoprints).
[030.IV.A.650.7] Sher-e-Bangla Nagar; construction photoprints, dated 6/72-1/74 (55 photoprints).
[030.IV.A.650.8] Sher-e-Bangla Nagar; construction photoprints, undated (47 photoprints).
[030.IV.A.650.9] Sher-e-Bangla Nagar; model photoprints - early (40 photoprints).
[030.IV.A.650.10] Sher-e-Bangla Nagar; model photoprints (66 photoprints).
[030.IV.A.650.11] Sher-e-Bangla Nagar; model photoprints (51 photoprints).
[030.IV.A.650.12] Sher-e-Bangla Nagar; model proof-prints (64 photoprints).
[030.IV.A.650.13] Sher-e-Bangla Nagar; graphic photoprints (35 photoprints).
[030.IV.B.650.1] Sher-e-Bangla Nagar; graphic photoprints (41 photoprints).
[030.IV.B.650.2] Sher-e-Bangla Nagar; graphic photoprints (46 cyanotypes).
[030.IV.B.650.3] Sher-e-Bangla Nagar; construction photoprints (15 photoprints).
[030.IV.B.650.4] Sher-e-Bangla Nagar; model photoprints, early schemes (28 photoprints).
[030.IV.B.650.5] Sher-e-Bangla Nagar; model photoprints, developed schemes (84 photoprints).
[030.IV.B.650.6] Sher-e-Bangla Nagar; model photoprints, developed assembly building (41 photoprints).
[030.IV.C.650.1] Sher-e-Bangla Nagar; graphic and model photoprints - site plans(29 photoprints).
[030.IV.C.650.2] Sher-e-Bangla Nagar; construction photoprints (24 photoprints).
[030.IV.C.650.3] Sher-e-Bangla Nagar; graphic photoprints - assembly building (42 photoprints).
[030.IV.E.650.1] Sher-e-Bangla Nagar; 4x5 & 8x10 graphic negatives (9 photo negatives).
[030.IV.E.650.2] Sher-e-Bangla Nagar; 35mm, 120mm, 4x5 & 8x10 model negatives (100 negatives).
[030.IV.E.650.3] Sher-e-Bangla Nagar; 4x5 & 8x10 construction negatives (41 negatives).
[030.IV.E.650.4] Sher-e-Bangla Nagar; 4x5 & 8x10 formwork and site documentation negatives (38 negatives).
[030.IV.F.650.1] Sher-e-Bangla Nagar; graphic negatives (5 negatives).

Quantity: 1293 items

Local Call: 030.IV.A.650.1-.13; 030.IV.B.650.1-.6; 030.IV.C.650.1-.3; 030.IV.E.650.1-.4; 030.IV.F.650.1

RLIN: PAUP01-A13

Item dates: 1962-1983

Holding types: Photographic negatives, Photographs

Documented Projects

• Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Capital of Bangladesh
  Client: Islamic Republic of Pakistan; Peoples Republic of Bangladesh
   

Documented Architects, Engineers, and Others

• Kahn, Louis Isadore (1901-1974) (Architect)

Image Gallery

[National Capital of Bangladesh] [President of Pakistan (later President of the Peoples Republic of Bangladesh)] (1968) Louis I. Kahn Collection, Architectural Archives of the University of Pennsylvania. Local ID #: 030.IV.A.650.5	[National Capital of Bangladesh] [President of Pakistan (later President of the Peoples Republic of Bangladesh)] (1968) Louis I. Kahn Collection, Architectural Archives of the University of Pennsylvania. Local ID #: 030.IV.A.650.5	[National Capital of Bangladesh] [President of Pakistan (later President of the Peoples Republic of Bangladesh)] (1967) Louis I. Kahn Collection, Architectural Archives of the University of Pennsylvania. Local ID #: 030.IV.A.650.4
[National Capital of Bangladesh] [President of Pakistan (later President of the Peoples Republic of Bangladesh)] (1966) Louis I. Kahn Collection, Architectural Archives of the University of Pennsylvania. Local ID #: 030.IV.A.650.3	[National Capital of Bangladesh] [President of Pakistan (later President of the Peoples Republic of Bangladesh)] (1966) Louis I. Kahn Collection, Architectural Archives of the University of Pennsylvania. Local ID #: 030.IV.A.650.3	[National Capital of Bangladesh] [President of Pakistan (later President of the Peoples Republic of Bangladesh)] Louis I. Kahn Collection, Architectural Archives of the University of Pennsylvania. Local ID #: 030.IV.A.650.8
[National Capital of Bangladesh] [President of Pakistan (later President of the Peoples Republic of Bangladesh)] Louis I. Kahn Collection, Architectural Archives of the University of Pennsylvania. Local ID #: 030.IV.A.650.8	[National Capital of Bangladesh] [President of Pakistan (later President of the Peoples Republic of Bangladesh)] Louis I. Kahn Collection, Architectural Archives of the University of Pennsylvania. Local ID #: 030.IV.A.650.8	[National Capital of Bangladesh] [President of Pakistan (later President of the Peoples Republic of Bangladesh)] Louis I. Kahn Collection, Architectural Archives of the University of Pennsylvania. Local ID #: 030.IV.A.650.8

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