1. Introduction Architecture is the result of the evolution and assimilation of various traditions, mores and all the history of mankind. However we all know and bet that what will be has always been, this phrase uttered by Louis Kahn can be understood as an ode to the timeless architecture. The goal of this article is to show how Hestnes Ferreira and Louis I. Kahn, as a result of previous knowledge of other cultures and civilizations, acquired by the numerous trips made, develop their own design processes and materialization of their own work, creating a unique language of interpretation and implementation. To validate this statement we propose a comparative analysis method between the two architects and some of their work. 2. Being and Knowing Currently we live and feel architecture in a most immediate and sensational manner, supported on images and often, through other’s perspectives. Being and knowing are two actions that are a little bit lost in the international scenery. Louis Kahn and Hestnes Ferreira are two architects who demonstrate the ability to include these two actions in their architecture, resulting in a true and timeless architecture. This article was elaborated from a wider research work that coincided with my PhD thesis held in the University of Coruña, under the theme A influência de Louis I. Kahn na obra de Hestnes Ferreira, defended in July 2011 and oriented by the Professor Joaquín Fernández Madrid. 3. Conclusion Architecture is much more than an image, a building must gather all the physical, morphological and psychological relations inherent in each building and its direct surroundings. Knowing, foresees experiencing and feeling, to be like Nietzsche (1) states: My wisdom consists in being many things and have been in many places, in order to become one. (2004, p.84) Following the maxim, what in the beginning is odd, in the end it’s not.

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Travels,Louis Kahn,Hestnes Ferreira

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