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Salk Institute: the Impressive Concrete Mole Facing the Pacific

Summary by Billiken
In La Jolla, north of San Diego, the United States, the Salk Institute is on a high terrain facing the Pacific. This concrete mole was a project driven by Jonas Salk, creator of the first safe and effective polio vaccine, which envisioned a center where scientists from different disciplines could research and think together. The city of San Diego gave in 1960 about 27 acres of land — almost 11 hectares— and Salk chose architect Louis I. Kahn to …
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In La Jolla, north of San Diego, the United States, the Salk Institute is on a high terrain facing the Pacific. This concrete mole was a project driven by Jonas Salk, creator of the first safe and effective polio vaccine, which envisioned a center where scientists from different disciplines could research and think together. The city of San Diego gave in 1960 about 27 acres of land — almost 11 hectares— and Salk chose architect Louis I. Kahn to …

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Billiken broke the news on Tuesday, September 29, 2026.
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