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Originally published in 1962 and out of print for almost 50 years, The Notebooks and Drawings of Louis I. Kahn was the first book on influential 20th-century American architect Louis Kahn (1901–74) to feature his own images and words and offers a unique window onto Kahn’s early creative process. Among the books of his own work published during his lifetime, it is the one that the architect most treasured, the one that he felt got his work—and his thinking—right.

To make this book available again, and in honor of Kahn’s 120th birthday this February, plans to reissue it in a new facsimile edition (an exact reproduction), along with an all-new companion Reader’s Guide that will feature previously unpublished material from the Architectural Archives at the University of Pennsylvania, which holds the Louis I. Kahn Collection. To support this publication project, Designers & Books is running a (through March 31), which offers copies of the book and Reader’s Guide as well as virtual tours of Kahn-designed buildings, including the Kimbell Art Museum (Fort Worth, TX) and the Kahn Korman House (Fort Washington, PA).