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2004 · Seattle, Seattle, United States

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Public Library in Seattle, Washington

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Seattle Central Library

Seattle, Seattle, United States · Exact work coordinates

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Public Library in Seattle, Washington

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Comparison

Field	Seattle Central Library 2004 · Seattle, Seattle, United States	Adjaye Associates 2000 · London, England, United Kingdom
Type	work	bureau
Year / years	2004	2000
Place	Seattle, Seattle, United States	London, England, United Kingdom
Place context	Seattle, Seattle, United States	Representative site: Manhattan, Manhattan, United States
Climate	12°C · 14.0h daylight · 10 km/h wind	9°C · 13.6h daylight · 4 km/h wind · via Studio Museum in Harlem
Focus	Architecture	9 works in corpus
Architects	Rem Koolhaas	David Adjaye
Linked context	Bureaus OMA	Notable works Studio Museum in Harlem Nobel Peace Center Rivington Place Sunken House
Typologies	library	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	Publicly accessible	4 of 4 recorded works are publicly accessible
Related books	No linked books yet.	No linked books yet.