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2004 · Schwabing-Freimann, Schwabing-Freimann, Germany

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Twin tower office skyscraper complex completed in 2004 in Munich, Germany

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Schwabing-Freimann, Schwabing-Freimann, Germany · Exact work coordinates

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Twin tower office skyscraper complex completed in 2004 in Munich, Germany

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Field	Highlight Towers 2004 · Schwabing-Freimann, Schwabing-Freimann, Germany	Adjaye Associates 2000 · London, England, United Kingdom
Type	work	bureau
Year / years	2004	2000
Place	Schwabing-Freimann, Schwabing-Freimann, Germany	London, England, United Kingdom
Place context	Schwabing-Freimann, Schwabing-Freimann, Germany	Representative site: Manhattan, Manhattan, United States
Climate	9°C · 14.0h daylight · 13 km/h wind	11°C · 13.6h daylight · 3 km/h wind · via Studio Museum in Harlem
Focus	Office building	9 works in corpus
Architects	Helmut Jahn	David Adjaye
Linked context	Bureaus Murphy/Jahn	Notable works Studio Museum in Harlem Nobel Peace Center Rivington Place Sunken House
Typologies	tower hospitality office	museum civic building building house campus building memorial pavilion housing
Materials	glass steel	stone
Carbon signals	Steel and Glass look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette. Steel Glass	Stone look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette. Stone
Lower-carbon levers	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	Access not recorded	4 of 4 recorded works are publicly accessible
Related books	No linked books yet.	No linked books yet.