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Salk Institute

1959-1965 · La Jolla, California, United States

La Jolla, California, United States

18°C · 13.2h daylight · 13 km/h wind

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La Jolla, California, United States · Exact work coordinates

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La Jolla, California, United States

Climate: 18°C · 13.2h daylight · 13 km/h wind

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Salk Institute

1959-1965 · La Jolla, California, United States

Philip JohnsonPhilip Johnson

1949 · New York, New York, United States

Typeworkbureau
Year / years1959-19651949
PlaceLa Jolla, California, United StatesNew York, New York, United States
Place contextLa Jolla, California, United StatesRepresentative site: Boston, Boston, United States
Climate18°C · 13.2h daylight · 13 km/h wind6°C · 13.6h daylight · 7 km/h wind · via Boston Central Library
FocusResearch institute42 works in corpus
Architects
  • Louis Kahn
  • Philip Johnson
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Louis Kahn

Notable works

  • Boston Central Library
  • Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute
  • Glass House (New Canaan, Connecticut)
  • Rockefeller Guest House
Typologies
  • institutional building
  • research campus
  • laboratory
  • library
  • museum
  • education
  • house
  • landscape
  • performance venue
  • gallery
  • campus building
Materials
  • concrete
  • teak
  • travertine
  • glass
  • brick
  • steel
  • concrete
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 accessible21 of 21 recorded works are publicly accessible
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