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. Kahn with a project. The city of San Diego, California had gifted him with a picturesque site in La Jolla along the Pacific coast, where Salk intended to found and build a biological research center. Salk, whose vaccine had already had a profound impact on the prevention of the disease, was adamant that the design for this new facility should explore the implications of the sciences for humanity. He also had a broader, if no less profound, directive for his chosen architect: to “create a facility worthy of a visit by Picasso.” The result was the Salk Institute, a facility lauded for both its functionality and its striking aesthetics – and the manner in which each supports the other.[1,2]
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AD Classics: Salk Institute / Louis Kahn
City of Saints Bryant Park / Only If
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Architects: Only If
- Area: 900 ft²
- Year: 2018
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Manufacturers: AMD Grating, Emtek, Nora, RocYork Hardwarev, Stone Source, +3
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Professionals: Plus Group Consulting Engineering PLLC
Architecture Film Festival Tucson 2019
Film has the power to bring people together – or tear them apart, spur conversation, and transform ideas. It is in anticipation of this that the School of Architecture of the University of Arizona College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture presents “Architecture Film Festival Tucson 2019” in conjunction with invited festival Arquitectura Film Festival SANTIAGO 2018. Held at the Center for Creative Photography at the UA’s main campus, a festival of selected award-winning films shown in previous festivals held in Santiago, London, Venice, Lisbon, and Buenos Aires will take place over two days, January 25-26. Ranging in genre from documentary to experimental and hailing from some eleven countries, most of these films have never before been aired in the U.S.
Hither Hills / Bates Masi + Architects
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Architects: Bates Masi + Architects
- Area: 3350 ft²
- Year: 2015
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Manufacturers: DuPont, Arcadia Custom, Kohler, The Shade Store, Thermador
Cortez Street House / moss Design
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Architects: moss Design
- Area: 3945 ft²
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: Big Ass Fans, Geberit, Hansgrohe, Sherwin-Williams, Ergon, +9
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Professionals: Rockey Structures, Fricano Custom Cabinetry, InFocus Builders
Louis Armstrong Stadium / ROSSETTI
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Architects: ROSSETTI
- Area: 286000 m²
- Year: 2018
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Manufacturers: Rieder Group, Saint-Gobain, Sherwin-Williams, Irwin Seating Company, NBK North America
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Professionals: AVVIT Consulting, Bruin Engineering, RGR Landscape
Children’s Library at Concourse House / Michael K. Chen Architecture
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Architects: Michael K. Chen Architecture
- Area: 220 ft²
- Year: 2018
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Professionals: Structure Ventures
Zinfandel / Field Architecture
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Architects: Field Architecture
- Area: 6100 ft²
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: Concreteworks, Jada, Northstar Woodworks, Phoenix Woodworks, TBC, +1
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Professionals: Surface Design Inc., Grassi Associates, Shawback Design
85 Union / Looney Ricks Kiss
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Architects: Looney Ricks Kiss
- Area: 17000 ft²
- Year: 2015
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Manufacturers: 3form, Armstrong Ceilings, Carnegie, Daltile, Formica, +4
Unitarian Universalist Society / Neumann Monson Architects
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Architects: Neumann Monson Architects
- Area: 133 m²
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: Interface, Colorquartz Countertops, SolarWorld, Tubelite, VT Industries
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Professionals: Design Engineers, HBK Engineering, McComas Lacina Construction, Raker Rhodes Engineering
Patrick Heath Public Library / LPA
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Architects: LPA
- Area: 30000 ft²
- Year: 2011
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Manufacturers: Bradley Corporation USA, Armstrong Ceilings, I-10 Materials, Kawneer, McNichols, +1
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Professionals: MTR Engineers, Alpha Consulting Engineers, DBR Engineering
Albina Yard / LEVER Architecture
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Architects: LEVER Architecture
- Area: 16000 ft²
- Year: 2016
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Manufacturers: Vectorworks, CutMyTimber, DR Johnson Lumber, Sierra Pacific Windows
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Professionals: KPFF Consulting Engineers, Cut My Timber, D.R. Johnson Lumber Co.
Dubuque Intermodal Transportation Center / Neumann Monson Architects
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Architects: Neumann Monson Architects
- Area: 9 m²
- Year: 2016
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Manufacturers: Boston Valley Terra Cotta, American Custom Metal Fabrication, Kone, Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope
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Professionals: Conlon Construction, Design Engineers, Rich & Associates, Flenker Landscape Architecture, IIW
BO Bartlett Center / Olson Kundig
801 Barton Springs / Runa Workshop
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Architects: Runa Workshop
- Area: 217000 ft²
- Year: 2018
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Manufacturers: American Stone Company of Texas, Delightfull, Finelite, Kovach, Legacy Precast, +1
Mashouf Wellness Center / WRNS Studio
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Architects: WRNS Studio
- Area: 118670 ft²
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: Daltile, Ground Face, Kawanee, Willis Construction
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Professionals: Sandis, Wallace Roberts & Todd, Inc, Forell/Elsesser Engineers Inc., Interface Engineering, +6