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1951 · Sao Paulo, Brazil

Casa de Vidro exterior view

Exterior view of Casa de Vidro in Morumbi, Sao Paulo.

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Casa de Vidro

Sao Paulo, Brazil · Exact work coordinates

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Exterior view of Casa de Vidro in Morumbi, Sao Paulo.

Credit: PCPetrachini

Rights: CC BY-SA 4.0 · licensed

Comparison

Field	Casa de Vidro 1951 · Sao Paulo, Brazil	Adjaye Associates 2000 · London, England, United Kingdom
Type	work	bureau
Year / years	1951	2000
Place	Sao Paulo, Brazil	London, England, United Kingdom
Place context	Sao Paulo, Brazil	Representative site: Manhattan, Manhattan, United States
Climate	23°C · 11.4h daylight · 10 km/h wind	9°C · 13.6h daylight · 4 km/h wind · via Studio Museum in Harlem
Focus	House	9 works in corpus
Architects	Lina Bo Bardi	David Adjaye
Linked context	Bureaus Studio Lina Bo Bardi	Notable works Studio Museum in Harlem Nobel Peace Center Rivington Place Sunken House
Typologies	residence house	museum civic building building house campus building memorial pavilion housing
Materials	glass concrete steel	stone
Carbon signals	Concrete, Steel, and Glass look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette. Concrete Steel Glass	Stone look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette. Stone
Lower-carbon levers	Look for lower-clinker mixes, reused structure, and scope reductions before fine-grained product swaps. Prioritize recycled content, efficient sections, and procurement-specific EPD comparisons. Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.	Check source geography, fabrication intensity, and whether stone is structural, cladding, or finish-only.
Accessibility	Publicly accessible	4 of 4 recorded works are publicly accessible
Related books	Lina Bo Bardi	No linked books yet.