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

Exterior view of the Salk Institute in La Jolla, California, designed by Louis Kahn and completed in 1966. "The idea of simple and strong; the served space of laboratories where research is performed, the serving space of offices where thought initiates....Clearly, in the institute at La Jolla, a new level of realization and accomplishment is evident for this ides....The institute manifests beauty of mind and act; of the resolution and articulation of the major elements of the building...being what it wants to and needs to be, to the precise detail and execution of beautiful concrete surfaces. Even the component of structure derives from the need to enclose specific spaces, specifically and pertinently, rather than offer a general envelope within which specific space might then be designated. The central court, as a typical Kahn-like space of shimmering blue water, a band pointing toward the ocean epitomizing what human endeavor can accomplish at one scale with geometric clarity and authoritative but modest deliberation, to give to the scaleless sweep of the ocean, here the Pacific, a poignant gesture,"--from Paul Heyer. American Architecture: Ideas and Ideologies in the Late Twentieth Century. p195.

Material/Medium

reinforced concrete

Reproduction Type

jpeg

ID Number

LTU-JS025

Files

LTU-JS025.JPG
Date Added
December 10, 2015
Collection
LTU Digital Images
Item Type
VRA Core
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Citation
“Salk Institute for Biological Studies,” LTU Digital Images, accessed March 28, 2024, https://ltuimagecollection.omeka.net/items/show/15192.