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SalkInstituteKahn

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Image ID :	Salk_Institute1
View/Description :	View of the water feature and symmetrical builldings
Image Creator :	Jim Harper
Image Date :	2004
Image Source :	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Salk_Institute1.jpg
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Rights Owner :	Creative Commons ShareAlike
URL to larger image :	http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/Salk_Institute1.jpg

Work ID :	SalkInstituteKahn
Title :	Salk Institute Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Creator/Agent :	Kahn, Louis I. Kahn, Louis Isidore [AAT]
Date (of work) :	1959-65
Location/Site :	United States, La Jolla, CA California San Diego, CA La Jolla [NEIGHBORHOOD] Torrey Pines Mesa
GIS Coordinates :	+32.887222-117.246111/
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Description :	Scientific complex of two symmetric buildings with a water channel flowing in the middle of a courtyard that separates the two. Laboratories have no walls to encourage collaboration between researchers.
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Work Type :	Architecture [AAT] Health facilities [AAT] Research buildings [AAT]
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Material :	reinforced concrete, wood, travertine
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Style/Period/ Group/Movement :	Twentieth Century Modern [AAT]
Cultural Context :	American [AAT]
Subject :	Laboratory Medical Science
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Text Reference :	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salk_Institute
Keywords :	symmetry, fountain, innovative, Jonas Salk, research
Notes :	Galen Schlosser of the Kahn firm was the supervising architect. The original buildings were designated an historic landmark in 1991.