Salk Institute
Louis Kahn's masterpiece of concrete and teak, whose travertine courtyard frames a channel of water leading to the Pacific.
- Open
- Architecture tours most weekdays; check the website
- Price
- Paid tours; the courtyard is often open to look at
- Time Needed
- 1 hour
- Address
- 10010 N Torrey Pines Rd, La Jolla, CA 92037Google MapsApple Maps
- Getting There
- In La Jolla, near Torrey Pines, about 25 minutes by car north of downtown.
Why Go
Jonas Salk, who developed the polio vaccine, founded the research institute in 1960 and asked Kahn for a building worthy of Picasso. The courtyard is aligned so the sun sets along the water channel around the equinoxes.
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