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Richards Medical Research Building

building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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design by Kahn

  • Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, Calif., by Louis I. Kahn, 1959–65
    In Louis Kahn

    His Richards Medical Research Building (1960–65) at the university is outstanding for its expression of the distinction between “servant” and “served” spaces. The servant spaces (stairwells, elevators, exhaust and intake vents, and pipes) are isolated in four towers, distinct from the served spaces (laboratories and offices).…

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