Main entry:

Kieffer, Jeffry, author.

Title & Author:

The evolution of a building complex : Louis I. Kahn's Salk Institute for Biological Studies / Jeffry Kieffer.

Publication:

London, United Kingdom : Artifice Press Limited, [2019]
United Kingdom : Printed by CPi Colour.
©2019

Description:

174 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, plans (some color), portraits ; 27 cm

Notes:
"Edited by Justin Lewis."--Page 175.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 168-171).
Chapter One: The design development of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies -- Chapter Two: Readings in the light: The buildings of Louis I Kahn 1946-1965 and the Salk Institute -- Chapter Three: Critical interlude: Brutalism, the cut and transcendentalism -- Chapter Four: Hermeticism and Utopianism in the architecture of Louis I Kahn -- Chapter Five: The Salk Institute and four later Kahn works.

Summary:

An in-depth examination, focusing on the design development, is offered of the built Laboratory building, the unbuilt Meeting House, the unbuilt Visiting Fellows residences and of the overall site planning of the complex, with Jonas Salk's role in the decision-making process being highlighted. This book is also a study of the Institute in the context of Kahn's entire architectural career, and new observations are offered of his major works. It is the product of over forty years of on-and-off thinking about Louis Kahn's work based on research at the Architectural Archives at the University of Pennsylvania, and the Special Collections Library at the University of California at San Diego. The 194 images, of which 95 are in colour, include newly published photos of the Institute, plus extensive selections from the Kahn archive. A design and construction chronology is provided, as well as documentation such as Jonas Salk's 1984 AIA memorial lecture in honour of Louis Kahn, plus an extensive bibliography.

ISBN:

9781911339359 (hardcover)
1911339354 (hardcover)

Subject:

Kahn, Louis I., 1901-1974.
Salk Institute for Biological Studies.
Laboratories Design and construction.
Laboratoires Conception et construction.
Research institutes California San Diego
San Diego (Calif.) Buildings, structures, etc.
La Jolla (San Diego, Calif.) Buildings, structures, etc.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 308003
Call No.: BIB 253456
Status: Available