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My Architect: A Son's Journey

2003

116 minutes

Documentary

Overview

World-famous architect Louis Kahn (Exeter Library, Salk Institute, Bangladeshi Capitol Building) had two illegitimate children with two different women outside of his marriage. Son Nathaniel always hoped that someday his father would come and live with him and his mother, but Kahn never left his wife. Instead, Kahn was found dead in a men's room in Penn Station when Nathaniel was only 11.

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Top Cast

Edmund Bacon headshot

Edmund Bacon

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Edwina Pattison Daniels headshot

Edwina Pattison Daniels

Aunt Eddie

Balkrishna Doshi headshot

Balkrishna Doshi

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Frank Gehry headshot

Frank Gehry

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Philip Johnson headshot

Philip Johnson

Self

Louis Kahn headshot

Louis Kahn

Self (archival footage)

Nathaniel Kahn headshot

Nathaniel Kahn

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Sue Ann Kahn headshot

Sue Ann Kahn

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Haym Richard Katz headshot

Haym Richard Katz

Richard Katz

Harriet Pattison headshot

Harriet Pattison

Self

Priscilla Pattison headshot

Priscilla Pattison

Aunt Posie

I.M. Pei headshot

I.M. Pei

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Moshe Safdie headshot

Moshe Safdie

Self

Robert A.M. Stern headshot

Robert A.M. Stern

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Alexandra Tyng headshot

Alexandra Tyng

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Anne Tyng headshot

Anne Tyng

Self

Shamsul Wares headshot

Shamsul Wares

Self