Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Title
Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Publisher
Lawrence Technological University
Date Created
December 10, 2015
Creator
Kahn, Louis Isidore
Creator2
Stevens, James (photograph)
Creator Nationality
American
Work Type
Single Built Works
Date
September, 2014
Work Location
California (state)
La Jolla (neighborhood)
Style/Period
Modern (style or period)
Subject
office buildings
research laboratories
Salk, Jonas, 1914-1995
Description
Detail view of exterior concrete wall at the Salk Institute in La Jolla, California, designed by Louis Kahn and completed in 1966."In the laboratories the vertical ducts of the Richards Building have been turned on their sides, housed in the hollows of spanning box girders and vented from huge hoods at the flanks of the building. The pre-cast units of structure have thus continued to become larger as the crane can lift them. Order, once an affair of repetitive crystals for Kahn, is now felt in grand components, space-making themselves....[A]ll utilities are now directly channeled through the structure,...(the result being that) 'served' spaces, and 'servant' spaces are entirely integrated,...this 'meaningful order' was almost instantly arrived at in Kahn's design,"--Vincent Scully, Jr.. Louis I. Kahn. p36-37.
Material/Medium
reinforced concrete
Reproduction Type
jpeg
Copyright Statement
©2013 Lawrence Technological University. These images may be used for personal or educational purposes. They are not available for commercial purposes without the explicit permission of LTU.
ID Number
LTU-JS022
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