Richards Medical Research Laboratories
- Location
- Philadelphia, United States
- Typology
- Education
- Materials
- Brick
- Context
- Modernism, Brutalism
- Map
- Open location
The Richards Medical Research Laboratories, located on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, were designed by architect Louis Kahn and are considered to have been a breakthrough in his career. The building is configured as a group of laboratory towers with a central service tower. Brick shafts on the periphery hold stairwells and air ducts, producing an effect reminiscent of the ancient Italian towers that Kahn had painted several years earlier.
