The Salk Institute / photographs by Ezra Stoller ; introduction by D.S. Friedman.

Main entry:

Stoller, Ezra.

Title & Author:

The Salk Institute / photographs by Ezra Stoller ; introduction by D.S. Friedman.

Publication:

Description:

79 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.

Series:

Building blocks

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 12-14).

Summary:

"When Jonas Salk founded his eponymous research center for biological studies in 1960, he envisioned a humanist, nearly monastic community of scientists devoted to the prevention and cure of disease. In architect Louis I. Kahn, Salk found a kindred spirit, and together the two created one of the great masterpieces of modern architecture - in Salk's words, "a work of art to serve the work of science.""--Jacket.
"Charged by Salk to "invite Picasso to the laboratory," Kahn responded with a series of austere, spiritual spaces for the complex, which was set on a coastal site in the San Diego, California suburb of La Jolla. Kahn's design integrated commodious laboratory and study spaces while offering lush gardens for reflection and the now-famous courtyard with its transcendent perspective of the Pacific Ocean. Interlocking volumes unfold time and space throughout Kahn's bravura orchestration of concrete construction."--Jacket.
"In this volume, acclaimed architectural photographer Ezra Stoller, whose images of the Salk Institute have become iconic themselves, captures the timeless grandeur of this unique monument to scientific understanding and artistic achievement."--Jacket.

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Publisher description

ISBN:

1568982003
9781568982007

Subject:

Kahn, Louis I., 1901-1974 Criticism and interpretation.
Kahn, Louis I., 1901-1974 Critique et interprétation.
Kahn, Louis I., 1901-1974
Salk Institute for Biological Studies.
Research institutes California San Diego.
Centres de recherche Californie San Diego.
Buildings
Research institutes
San Diego (Calif.) Buildings, structures, etc.
La Jolla (San Diego, Calif.) Buildings, structures, etc.
La Jolla (California) Edificios, estructuras, etc.
San Diego (California) Edificios, estructuras, etc.
La Jolla (Calif.) Constructions.
San Diego (Calif.) Constructions.
California San Diego
California San Diego La Jolla

Form/genre:

Quotations (texts)
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Added entries:

Building blocks series (New York, N.Y.)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 207107
Call No.: NA44.K12.25 S3 1999
Status: Available

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