My Architect

Much more than a profile of architect Louis I. Kahn by his son, Nathaniel Kahn, this touching documentary is many things at once: a fascinating biography, a gorgeously shot travelogue, a provocative disquisition on the relevance of architecture and, above all, the record of a son's poignant search for a father he scarcely knew in the architectural wonders he left behind. Kahn died a dismal death: On March 17, 1974, while passing through New York City alone, he suffered a fatal heart attack in the men's room at midtown Manhattan's busy Pennsylvania Station. His body lay unclaimed at the city morgue for three days. What wasn't widely known at the time was that in addit...