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title: "Salk Institute Courtyard — Fondo Moderno"
description: "Salk Institute Courtyard by Luis Barragán and Louis Kahn, La Jolla."
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# Salk Institute Courtyard

Luis Barragán and Louis Kahn · [La Jolla](https://fondomoderno.com/buildings/cities/la-jolla)

Louis Kahn invited Barragán to consult on the central courtyard of the Salk Institute, then planned as a garden. Barragán's advice — to leave the space empty except for a single channel of water — became one of the most influential decisions in the building's design, though Kahn remained its architect.