Born on 20th of February 1901 in Parnu, Estonia Russia, Louis Isadore Kahn was first named as Itze-Leib Schumolsky. In his early years around 1905, Kahn migrated to the United States with his family, settling down in Philadelphia where he was raised. He was enrolled at the University of Pennsylvania and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in architecture in 1924. In University he had studied closely under the influence of architect Paul Cret, where they both dealt with balancing the notion of classicism in a democratic manner. After his graduation Kahn began his initial career as a draughtsman at an architectural firm based in Philadelphia and later after some time made his way as a head designer in several firms in the same area. Eventually
