--- product_id: 3299575 title: "My Architect: A Son's Journey" brand: "louis kahnfrank gehrynathaniel kahn" price: "AED 172" currency: AED in_stock: true reviews_count: 9 url: https://www.desertcart.ae/products/3299575-my-architect-a-sons-journey store_origin: AE region: United Arab Emirates --- # My Architect: A Son's Journey **Brand:** louis kahnfrank gehrynathaniel kahn **Price:** AED 172 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** My Architect: A Son's Journey by louis kahnfrank gehrynathaniel kahn - **How much does it cost?** AED 172 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.ae](https://www.desertcart.ae/products/3299575-my-architect-a-sons-journey) ## Best For - louis kahnfrank gehrynathaniel kahn enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted louis kahnfrank gehrynathaniel kahn brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description My Architect: A Son's Journey ## Images ![My Architect: A Son's Journey - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51AN2REV06L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars Poignant Journey Through Architecture... *by D***S on Reviewed in the United States on March 9, 2005* Architecture, unlike other art forms, allows for interaction with the art as people live, work, and spend their leisure in the erected structures that architecture creates. Louis I. Kahn lived to create useful monumental masterpieces that now can be found throughout the world in places such as La Jolla, California, Dacca, Bangladesh, and Ahmedabad, India. These and other buildings by Kahn changed the perspective of architecture, as contemporary architects study them. In the light of this, Kahn was a renowned and bankrupt architect who was discovered dead in the men's room at Penn Station without identification papers.In My Architect: A Son's Journey the audience gets to follow Nathaniel Kahn's expedition to discover whom his father was, as he never got the opportunity to get to know him as a child. On this venture, the audience, learns that Nathaniel was one of two children that Louis had out of wedlock. Louis had two affairs outside of his marriage in which he had children. It becomes an emotional turmoil for him and his relatives, as he begins to dig up the old news of his father. Nonetheless, Nathaniel remains firm on continuing his discovery of his father, as he meets with his other sisters and family members. Along the way, he learns that it was suggested to have him aborted while he still was a fetus. Also, he learns that Louis' wife, whom he stayed married to throughout life, never acknowledged him or his sister who were born out of wedlock.Nathaniel visits with architects that praised and critiqued his father while all expressed their admiration for his determination to make artistic masterpieces. Employees of Louis Kahn tell both fond and callous memories of him, while all agree that he had a noble work ethic and mental toughness. For example, one former employee tells a story of how he received an assignment to build a model with very short notice, as Louis had to go on a business trip. Three days later when Louis returned from his trip he called him at three o'clock in the morning and told him that the model was crap. In another interview an architect in Bangladesh describes him as next to divine, as he designed the National Assembly in Dacca, which signifies that country's independence.Despite what people might think they know of Louis I. Kahn it becomes obvious in the documentary that this Jewish boy who emigrated from Estonia when he was just a child had a tough upbringing--an upbringing that colored his life, as he was willing to reach out to all people of the world regardless of ethnicity, religion, and race. His care and nurturing affection spread his joy of architectural art throughout the world and is evident through his work in Dacca, Bangladesh, as he was a Jew helping a Muslim country erecting their symbol of freedom. Maybe, as suggested in the film, his love was so great that he did not have the ability to be there for those closest to him. Maybe, Nathaniel was therefore able to discover who his father was through his journey in My Architect: A Son's Journey. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars Heart-wrenching.... *by P***S on Reviewed in the United States on March 9, 2011* You know, I'm not too sure just exactly how I stumbled upon this film, but it has joined the limited number of films I think of as "five star." I really was unaware of Louis Kahn's work, but the theme of the film, a son's search for the man behind his father, proved arresting.Like Frank Lloyd Wright, Louis Kahn was a species of narcissist, insensitive to the needs of his fellow human beings, cognizant only of his own needs and his drive to achieve great buildings. Although physically less than attractive, Kahn's magnetism seduced two appealing young women and resulted in two illegitimate offspring. The fact that the film maker was Louis's only male heir seemed to delude his mother into a form of cognitive dissonance, namely, that despite all his actions to the contrary, she believed Kahn was going to leave his wife and move in with her and their son. Unlikely as that wish might have been, she's touchingly adament in it.The film shows Kahn's finished buildings and their unique features which inspired respect in me, but that respect is evenly balanced with the basic unlikeability of the man himself. Disheveled, insensitive, narcissistic, work obsessed -- this is a hard man to admire and yet...and yet...by the end of the movie I had tears rolling down my cheeks as a grateful Bangladesh official tells Kahn's son that while the man himself might have been deeply flawed as a human being, nevertheless, the overwhelming greatness of his work transcends his human fraility.And that's a hard legacy to top. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars The artist as bigamist *by M***T on Reviewed in the United States on May 16, 2009* Years ago, when I was a child, I first heard the word "bigamist," and my response was, "Oh, another thing that men can do and women can't!" It seemed to me that a bigamist had more than ordinary men -- more wives, more children, more houses, more LIFE. But in "My Architect," the story of the legendary Louis Kahn, who sustained three such relationships, the arrangement did not seem to make any of them -- women, children, progenitor -- happy.This is a fascinating film centered around a son's search for his father that leads us through his work, the people who knew him, and the reclusive and mysterious life he led. It's a great pleasure to meet this son. And a great pleasure to look at his father's buildings.I have watched this film several times, and I never fail to come to tears at the end, when it is explained to Nathaniel that though he may have been disappointed in his father as a father, Bangladesh owes him endless gratitude for creating a building that centered a young nation, gave it selfhood, a place to gather and a place to feel proud. It is truly a masterpiece of a building. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.ae/products/3299575-my-architect-a-sons-journey](https://www.desertcart.ae/products/3299575-my-architect-a-sons-journey) --- *Product available on Desertcart United Arab Emirates* *Store origin: AE* *Last updated: 2026-05-05*