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2004 · Seattle, Seattle, United States

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Public Library in Seattle, Washington

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Public Library in Seattle, Washington

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Field	Seattle Central Library 2004 · Seattle, Seattle, United States	Andrea Palladio 1540 · Vicenza, Veneto, Italy
Type	work	bureau
Year / years	2004	1540
Place	Seattle, Seattle, United States	Vicenza, Veneto, Italy
Place context	Seattle, Seattle, United States	Representative site: Venice, Venice, Holy Roman Empire
Climate	21°C · 13.9h daylight · 7 km/h wind	16°C · 13.7h daylight · 6 km/h wind · via San Giorgio Monastery
Focus	Architecture	59 works in corpus
Architects	Rem Koolhaas	Andrea Palladio
Linked context	Bureaus OMA	Notable works San Giorgio Monastery Monte Berico San Francesco della Vigna Palazzo Thiene
Typologies	library	church sacred space building museum housing house chapel cathedral
Materials	glass steel	stone timber
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. Track sourcing, certification, and assembly logic rather than assuming timber is automatically low impact.
Accessibility	Publicly accessible	18 of 18 recorded works are publicly accessible
Related books	No linked books yet.	No linked books yet.