Poster for the movie My Architect: A Son's Journey

My Architect: A Son's Journey

2003 • 116 minutes
Documentary

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.

Picture of Edmund Bacon

Edmund Bacon

Self

Picture of Edwina Pattison Daniels

Edwina Pattison Daniels

Aunt Eddie

Picture of Balkrishna Doshi

Balkrishna Doshi

Self

Picture of Frank Gehry

Frank Gehry

Self

Picture of Philip Johnson

Philip Johnson

Self

Picture of Louis Kahn

Louis Kahn

Self (archival footage)

Picture of Nathaniel Kahn

Nathaniel Kahn

Self

Picture of Sue Ann Kahn

Sue Ann Kahn

Self

Picture of Haym Richard Katz

Haym Richard Katz

Richard Katz

Picture of Harriet Pattison

Harriet Pattison

Self

Picture of Priscilla Pattison

Priscilla Pattison

Aunt Posie

Picture of I.M. Pei

I.M. Pei

Self

Picture of Moshe Safdie

Moshe Safdie

Self

Picture of Robert A.M. Stern

Robert A.M. Stern

Self

Picture of Alexandra Tyng

Alexandra Tyng

Self

Picture of Anne Tyng

Anne Tyng

Self

Picture of Shamsul Wares

Shamsul Wares

Self