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Art Institute of Chicago in Chicago, United States

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Art Institute of Chicago

1879 · Chicago, Chicago, United States

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Art museum in Illinois, United States

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Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, Chicago, United States · Exact work coordinates

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Art Institute of ChicagoArt Institute of Chicago

1879 · Chicago, Chicago, United States

Alvar Aalto StudioAlvar Aalto Studio

1923 · Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland

Typeworkbureau
Year / years18791923
PlaceChicago, Chicago, United StatesHelsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
Place contextChicago, Chicago, United StatesRepresentative site: Uppsala Municipality, Uppsala Municipality, Sweden
Climate5°C · 13.5h daylight · 6 km/h wind1°C · 15.0h daylight · 7 km/h wind · via Västmanlands-Dala nation
FocusMuseum46 works in corpus
Architects
  • Renzo Piano
  • Alvar Aalto
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Renzo Piano Building Workshop

Notable works

  • Västmanlands-Dala nation
  • Seinäjoki Civil Guard House
  • Vyborg Library
  • Jyväskylä Defence Corps Building
Typologies
  • museum
  • landscape
  • education
  • campus building
  • house
  • library
  • building
  • church
  • sacred space
  • housing
Materials
  • aluminum
  • stone
  • timber
  • concrete
  • timber
Carbon signals

Aluminum and Stone look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Aluminum
  • Stone

Concrete look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Concrete
Lower-carbon levers
  • Focus on recycled content, lighter assemblies, and careful facade-specification choices.
  • Check source geography, fabrication intensity, and whether stone is structural, cladding, or finish-only.
  • Track sourcing, certification, and assembly logic rather than assuming timber is automatically low impact.
  • Look for lower-clinker mixes, reused structure, and scope reductions before fine-grained product swaps.
  • Track sourcing, certification, and assembly logic rather than assuming timber is automatically low impact.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible23 of 23 recorded works are publicly accessible
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