Salk Institute for Biological Studies (La Jolla, San Diego, CA) : General view of the south garden, looking northwest
- Creator:
- Kahn, Louis Isidore, 1901-1974
- Published/Created:
- La Jolla, San Diego, California, United States
1959-1965 - Date Depicted:
- 2008
1950 AD - 2010 AD - Materials:
- concrete; teak; marble; water
- Notes:
- Both the formal issues and the mechanical complexity encountered in the project were re-examined in Kahn's designs for the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA (1959-1965). A major part of its programme was the monumental representation of a new institution in a new location, and Kahn responded with a site plan that echoed his Beaux-Arts training: two study/laboratory wings flank a formal axial courtyard with a view to the sea; they were to have been connected by oblique linking paths to a village-like residential area and a meeting building. Mechanical services for the laboratories are accommodated in walk-through inter-floor spaces, a method that became standard practice in hospitals and laboratories.
- Topics:
- Architecture -- United States -- 20th century -- (YVRC)
- Period/Style:
- Modernist
- Culture:
- American
- Accession Number:
- 1A1-KL-SI-U10
- Genre:
- architecture (AAT)
research institutes (AAT) - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Sculptures, Models, & Architecture
- Rights:
- Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement. - Access Restrictions:
- Yale Community Only
- Digital:
- architectural exteriors; contemporary (1960 to present); Biology Research Modernist buildings; research buildings; laboratories; research laboratories; built works; hydraulic structures; water distribution structures; fountains
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Addition Module Five
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
2008 - Source Note:
- Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Local Record Number:
- 4090
- OID:
- 10053203
- PID:
- digcoll:1786658