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This study focuses not only on their similarity between I. Kant's ‘sublime’ and L. Kahn's idea ‘wonder’ but also on their architectural expressions. For this, the philosophical background of the ideas and significances of Kahn's architectural idea are discussed. Ultimately, this study finds that the ‘sublime’ is substituted to Kahn's ‘wonder’ and that the architectural characteristics such as 1) a large size, 2) a light as a natural light, 3) a resistance of construction clearly revealed, and 4) an exposure of material are strongly expressed in Kant's architecture. To sum up, his architectural meanings and properties are summarized as follows. Firstly, Kahn designs to make an observer encountering an unpredictable space feel ‘a wonder’ especially by emphasizing a space locating a relatively intended ‘Huge’ size and phase especially in central spaces. Secondly, he intends through his bring the natural ‘Light’ into the inner space in various ways such as skylights and side-top windows to capture the time infinite, ultimately to capture the changing of the time and seasons finally for a feeling of the ‘sublime-wonder’. Thirdly, he draws an emotion of ‘sublime’ out by using an unpredictable, evident, and simple structure as a resistance. Finally, he intends by revealing the nature of materiality to create an elevated feeling, and ultimately to feel its meaning of the existence. As a result, Khan successfully accomplishes again a restoration of the architectural essentiality as so-called ‘monumentality’ as well as showing the spirit of modernity so-called ‘creativity’.