The building materials had to be simple, strong, durable, and as maintenance-free as possible.
Kahn's masterwork consists of two mirror-image structures—each six stories tall—that flank a grand travertine courtyard.
Three floors house laboratories and the three levels above them provide access to utilities.
Salk offered something few research institutions did—an extraordinary amount of freedom.
No teaching, no clinical work, no intellectual constraints—faculty would not be pigeon-holed into research “silos” but could explore ideas across disciplines, learning with and from each other.
Mission Statement
Our team of world-class, award-winning scientists pushes the boundaries of knowledge in areas such as neuroscience, cancer research, aging, immunobiology, plant biology, computational biology, and more.