Charles Kahn, an MIT graduate andProfessor of Architecture at NCSU, became the first Dean of the new School of Architecture and Urban Design at the University of Kansas in 1968. During Kahn’s tenure, the program's Bauhaus-based orientation expanded with additional emphasis on social concerns and international relations. Kahn brought to KU the rationalism and scientific attitudes of MIT coupled with the strong Bauhaus orientation of NCSU. During the 1970's, Dean Kahn personally recorded audio interviews with and presentations from noted architects from around the world. Listed by date recorded.

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Listen Henry Kamphoefner 1955 Letter to Douglass Haskell

Listen Richard Bender 2/17/71, Part 1
Listen Richard Bender, Part 2
Listen Richard Bender, Part 3

Listen Konrad Wachsmann 10/1/73, NCSU Lecture, Raleigh
Listen Konrad Wachsmann 10/1/73, NCSU Lecture, Part 2

Listen Henry Kamphoefner 9/11/76, Raleigh
Listen Henry Kamphoefner 9/11/76, Part 2

Listen George Qualls 9/21/76, Philadelphia

Listen Stanislawa (Siasia) Nowicki 9/21/76, Philadelphia
Listen Stanislawa (Siasia) Nowicki 9/21/76, Part 2 (6 min blank)

Listen Ralph Knowles 10/4/76, Omaha
Listen Ralph Knowles 10/4/76, Part 2

Listen Konrad Wachsmann 11/12/76, Los Angeles, 1A
Listen Konrad Wachsmann 11/12/76, Part 1B
Listen Konrad Wachsmann 11/12/76, Part 2
Listen Konrad Wachsmann 11/12/76, Part 3
Listen Konrad Wachsmann 11/12/76, Part 4

Listen James Fitzgibbon 12/22/76, St. Louis
Listen James Fitzgibbon 12/22/76, Part 2
Listen James Fitzgibbon 12/22/76, Part 3

Listen (In Italian) Riccardo Morandi 1/11/77, Rome

Listen Gabriele Schmemi 1/12/77, Rome
Listen Gabriele Schmemi 1/12/77, Part 2

Listen (In Italian) Antonio Nervi 1/14/77, Rome
Listen (In Italian) Antonio Nervi 1/14/77, Part 2 (6 min blank)

Listen Sergio Musmeci 1/14/77, Rome
Listen Sergio Musmeci 1/14/77, Part 2

Listen Buckminster Fuller 1/24/77, St. Louis
Listen Buckminster Fuller 1/24/77, Part 2

Listen Duncan Stuart 4/12/77, Raleigh
Listen Duncan Stuart 4/12/77, Part 2

Listen Eduardo Catalano 1977, Boston
Listen T. C. Howard 1977, recorded at the Catalano House, Raleigh
Listen Chris Alexander 1977, interviewed by Steven Grabow
Listen George Matsumoto 2/14/78 San Francisco
Listen Richard Bender 2/15/78, Berkeley
Listen Myron Goldsmith 3/16/78, Chicago
Listen Lev Zetlin 4/19/78, New York

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Listen Anthony Vidler, Univ of Kansas, Part 1
Listen Anthony Vidler, Part 2
Listen Anthony Vidler, Part 3

Listen James Fitzgibbon, Works in Progress, Part 1, other parts missing
Listen Buckminster Fuller, Univ of Kansas, Part 1
Listen Buckminster Fuller, Part 2
Listen Buckminster Fuller, Part 3
Listen Frank Newby