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Louis Kahn, an architect from Saaremaa, searched for beauty and wonder in architecture.<\/strong><\/p>\n There is a global cult of Louis Kahn, claimed Richard Saul Wur- man, Kahn\u2019s student at the University of Pennsylvania. Wur- man is known as the initiator of TED Talks and the publisher of numerous city atlases and although he is sceptical of cults, he claims to be a member of that particular cult.<\/p>\n This statement is a rather apt description of the attitude to Louis Kahn (1901\u20131974) among the architects and architecture lovers of many countries. Kahn was born on Saaremaa and is considered one of the most influential 20th century architects in the world. Kahn rather considered himself an artist, or perhaps a poet.<\/p>\n Today\u2019s rational people are unable to comprehend all the unfath- omable aspects related to the personality and work of Louis Kahn. In his famous lecture at the Aspen Design Conference in 1972, Louis Kahn spoke at a slow pace, pausing for thought and emphasising certain words, so that listeners drifted into a world of ideas: \u201cFrom the first dealings of beauty… from the first sense of it… and that of wonder which follows it.\u201d<\/p>\n