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Louis Kahn’s Magnificent Salk Institute in La Jolla, California

United States Architecture News - Jan 06, 2016 - 16:35   7594 views

Louis Kahn’s Magnificent Salk Institute in La Jolla, California

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Much has been written about the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, Louis Kahn’s 1965 architectural masterpiece overlooking the Pacific Ocean in La Jolla, California. It is a world-renowned research center founded by Jonas Salk, who discovered and developed the first vaccine for polio in 1950s. His instructions to the architect were simple: It should be “worthy of a visit by Picasso.”....Continue Reading

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