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Salk Institute

1959-1965 · La Jolla, California, United States

La Jolla, California, United States

14°C · 13.2h daylight · 8 km/h wind

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Salk Institute

La Jolla, California, United States · Exact work coordinates

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Salk Institute

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La Jolla, California, United States

Climate: 14°C · 13.2h daylight · 8 km/h wind

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Salk Institute

1959-1965 · La Jolla, California, United States

Cesar Pelli & AssociatesCesar Pelli & Associates

1977 · New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Typeworkbureau
Year / years1959-19651977
PlaceLa Jolla, California, United StatesNew Haven, Connecticut, United States
Place contextLa Jolla, California, United StatesRepresentative site: Minneapolis, Minneapolis, United States
Climate14°C · 13.2h daylight · 8 km/h wind12°C · 13.8h daylight · 12 km/h wind · via Minneapolis Central Library
FocusResearch institute32 works in corpus
Architects
  • Louis Kahn
  • César Pelli
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Louis Kahn

Notable works

  • Minneapolis Central Library
  • Overture Center for the Arts
  • Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
  • Pacific Design Center
Typologies
  • institutional building
  • research campus
  • laboratory
  • library
  • landscape
  • museum
  • gallery
  • house
  • performance venue
  • transport hub
  • building
Materials
  • concrete
  • teak
  • travertine
  • glass
  • timber
  • steel
  • concrete
  • stone
Carbon signals

Concrete, Teak, and Travertine look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Concrete
  • Teak
  • Travertine

Concrete, Steel, and Glass look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Concrete
  • Steel
  • Glass
Lower-carbon levers
  • Look for lower-clinker mixes, reused structure, and scope reductions before fine-grained product swaps.
  • Use classification and product-level EPD research to place this material more precisely.
  • Look for lower-clinker mixes, reused structure, and scope reductions before fine-grained product swaps.
  • Prioritize recycled content, efficient sections, and procurement-specific EPD comparisons.
  • Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.
  • Check source geography, fabrication intensity, and whether stone is structural, cladding, or finish-only.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible14 of 14 recorded works are publicly accessible
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