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Essential Architecture- California Jonas Salk Institute for Biological Studies |
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architect |
Louis Kahn |
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location |
10010 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California |
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date |
1962-66 (R:1959-65) |
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style |
Modern |
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construction |
off form concrete |
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type |
Education |
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| a: court, from west, photo, J. Nicholais
(Drexel U.). |
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| b: court, from east, photo, J. Nicholais
(Drexel U.). |
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| c: water channel in court, photo, J. Nicholais (Drexel U.). | |
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| e: oblique view of court, photo, J.
Nicholais (Drexel U.). |
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| f: study wing, photo 1982, M. Brack.
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| g: detail of study windows, photo, J.
Nicholais (Drexel U.). and staircase connecting office and labs, photo 1996, M. Brack. |
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| i: north flank, photo, J. Nicholais
(Drexel U.). |
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| j: distant view from sea side, photo, J.
Nicholais (Drexel U.). |
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| k: interior, photo 1977, J. Nicholais
(Drexel U.). |
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| m: oblique view of eastern approach, photo
1976, M. Clausen. |
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| n: passage detail, photo 1976, M. Clausen. |
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| p: detail, concrete work & rain gutters,
photo 1976, M. Clausen. |
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| Special thanks to the Society of Architectural Historians for some of the images on this page (copyright SAH). |
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