the entire project, which was already over budget and behind schedule. To resolve the dispute, Komendant was given complete control over the final design and construction drawings. According to professor Leslie, Komendant "was demonstrably the major influence in Kahn being kept on the job, and in the project being done at all." Robert Campbell, architectural critic for the Boston Globe and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism, declared the Kimbell Art Museum to be "the greatest American building of the second half of the 20th century". In 1998 the AIA gave this building its Twenty-five Year Award. Other major work From 1964 to 1967, during the period when he and Kahn were personally distant, Komendant worked with architect Moshe Safdie on the Habitat 67 project in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Safdie had received the commission to build a housing complex for Montreal's Expo 67 on the basis of his university thesis project although he was only 25 years old and had never built anything before. Safdie and Komendant had met earlier while Safdie was working in Kahn's office as an apprentice. At Safdie's request, Komendant agreed to be the structural engineer for the project, for which he designed the prefabrication systems. Called Habitat 67, the complex originally consisted of 354 prefabricated concrete containers of identical size that were assembled with a crane and locked together to create 158 apartments in 19 different sizes and configurations. The complex is about four blocks long and as much as eleven levels above the ground. Each apartment has a private terrace and garden area. The apartment complex has become one of the most coveted addresses in Montreal, attracting cultural and political leaders. Publications and awards Komendant was the author of several books, including:Prestressed Concrete Structures, 1952Contemporary Concrete Structures, 197218 years with Architect Louis I. Kahn, 1975Practical Structural Analysis for Architectural Engineering, 1987 In his book 18 years with Architect Louis I. Kahn, Komendant reproduced a letter that Kahn had written to the American Institute of Architects (AIA) in 1973 recommending that Komendant be honored with the AIA's Allied Professions Medal. According to his obituary in the New York Times'', in 1978 the AIA awarded Komendant a medal, the name of which is not specified in the obituary, for "inspiring or influencing the architectural profession". References External links The University of Pennsylvania's Architectural Archives has a section on August Komendant. Aerial image of the Olivetti-Underwood