Salk Institute
Architect: Louis Kahn
Year: 1965
Location: San Diego, United States
Category: Industrial
Status: Built
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This article was originally published on August 27, 2017. To read the stories behind other celebrated architecture projects, visit our AD Classics section. In 1959, Jonas Salk , the man who had discovered the vaccine for polio, approached Louis I.
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