The symmetrical travertine plaza of the Salk Institute, Louis Kahn’s 1965 masterpiece facing the Pacific Ocean in La Jolla, California.

The symmetrical travertine plaza of the Salk Institute, Louis Kahn’s 1965 masterpiece facing the Pacific Ocean in La Jolla, California.

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Comments

  1. madisengreen says

    I studied this in an architect class. It was a fine example of how to use light and shadow in design.

  2. Bang-Tse says

    An office building with an infinity slot car track, an aging one liner. No one likes it but indoctrinated architects and cognoscenti. The emperor has no clothes.

  3. Imipolex42 says

    This is my favorite building in the world. Visiting it was the closest I’ve had to a religious experience. It is transcendent, and, like the Pantheon and the Sistine Chapel ceiling, its beauty cannot be accurately captured in photos.

    This building is the closest any building has ever gotten to the philosophical concept of [the Sublime.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sublime_(philosophy)

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