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Salk Institute

1959-1965 · La Jolla, California, United States

La Jolla, California, United States

19°C · 13.2h daylight · 14 km/h wind

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Salk Institute

La Jolla, California, United States · Exact work coordinates

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La Jolla, California, United States

Climate: 19°C · 13.2h daylight · 14 km/h wind

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Salk Institute

1959-1965 · La Jolla, California, United States

Herzog & de MeuronHerzog & de Meuron

Zürich, Switzerland

Typeworkbureau
Year / years1959-1965Unrecorded
PlaceLa Jolla, California, United StatesZürich, Switzerland
Place contextLa Jolla, California, United StatesRepresentative site: Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
Climate19°C · 13.2h daylight · 14 km/h wind18°C · 13.0h daylight · 13 km/h wind · via Tenerife Espacio de las Artes
FocusResearch institute6 works in corpus
Architects
  • Louis Kahn
  • Herzog & de Meuron
  • Jacques Herzog
  • Pierre de Meuron
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Louis Kahn

Notable works

  • Tenerife Espacio de las Artes
  • Tate Modern
  • Beirut Terraces
  • Elbphilharmonie
Typologies
  • institutional building
  • research campus
  • laboratory
  • house
  • performance venue
  • museum
  • adaptive reuse
  • cultural building
  • housing
  • residential tower
  • high-rise
Materials
  • concrete
  • teak
  • travertine
  • brick
  • steel
  • glass
  • concrete
  • stone
  • wood
Carbon signals

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

  • Concrete
  • Teak
  • Travertine

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

  • Concrete
  • Steel
  • Brick
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.
  • Review masonry extent, reuse opportunities, and alternate assemblies where the design language allows it.
  • Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible3 of 4 recorded works are publicly accessible
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