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Kahn was born in Estonia, the son of Bertha Mendelsohn and Leopold Kahn, and emigrated with his family to Philadelphia in 1906. Like a number of his contemporaries, Kahn first studied architecture at Central High School, where he was a classmate of Norman N. Rice, and went on to the architecture program at the University of Pennsylvania. While still a student, Kahn was employed in offices in the city as a draftsman during the summer, including Hoffman-Henon Co., for whom he worked in 1921, and Hewitt & Ash, where he was employed the following year.
The 1960s saw Kahn's practice expand dramatically, with projects in the United States and abroad. In the period between the Richards Labs project and the end of his life, Kahn's well-known projects in the United States included the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, CA, the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, TX, and the Library at the Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, NH, and the Yale Center for British Art. Landscape design was a key aspect of his mature work, and his collaborator was often Harriett Pattison.
Kahn joined the national AIA in 1935, and was made a fellow of the Institute in 1951. He was a member of the Philadelphia Chapter and served as a director in 1950 and 1952. Kahn was the recipient of numerous awards and honors.
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