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Salk Institute for Biological Studies

1965 · La Jolla, California, United States

La Jolla, California, United States

12°C · 13.2h daylight · 4 km/h wind

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Salk Institute for Biological Studies

La Jolla, California, United States · City-level coordinates only

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Salk Institute for Biological Studies

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La Jolla, California, United States

Climate: 12°C · 13.2h daylight · 4 km/h wind

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Salk Institute for Biological StudiesSalk Institute for Biological Studies

1965 · La Jolla, California, United States

Marcel Breuer AssociatesMarcel Breuer Associates

1951 · New York, New York, United States

Typeworkbureau
Year / years19651951
PlaceLa Jolla, California, United StatesNew York, New York, United States
Place contextLa Jolla, California, United StatesRepresentative site: Collegeville, Collegeville, United States
Climate12°C · 13.2h daylight · 4 km/h wind-5°C · 13.8h daylight · 6 km/h wind · via Saint John's Abbey, Collegeville
FocusResearch institute21 works in corpus
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  • Marcel Breuer
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Notable works

  • Saint John's Abbey, Collegeville
  • Cleveland Museum of Art
  • Alan I W Frank House
  • Marcel Breuer House II
Typologies
  • research institute
  • campus
  • laboratory
  • building
  • museum
  • education
  • campus building
  • house
  • housing
  • landscape
  • chapel
Materials
  • concrete
  • teak
  • travertine
  • stone
  • timber
  • concrete
  • brick
  • glass
  • steel
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 accessible9 of 9 recorded works are publicly accessible
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