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41 Cooper Square in Manhattan, United States

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41 Cooper Square

2009 · Manhattan, Manhattan, United States

41 Cooper Square image

School building in Manhattan, New York

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41 Cooper Square

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41 Cooper Square41 Cooper Square

2009 · Manhattan, Manhattan, United States

Arthur Erickson ArchitectsArthur Erickson Architects

1963 · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Typeworkbureau
Year / years20091963
PlaceManhattan, Manhattan, United StatesVancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Place contextManhattan, Manhattan, United StatesRepresentative site: Vancouver, Vancouver, Canada
Climate8°C · 13.6h daylight · 3 km/h wind10°C · 14.1h daylight · 5 km/h wind · via Museum of Anthropology at UBC
FocusEducation building14 works in corpus
Architects
  • Thom Mayne
  • Arthur Erickson
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Morphosis

Notable works

  • Museum of Anthropology at UBC
  • Cedarvale station
  • Yorkdale station
  • 1 Cal Plaza
Typologies
  • gallery
  • education
  • house
  • museum
  • education
  • campus building
  • house
  • performance venue
  • building
  • civic building
  • landscape
Materials
  • steel
  • aluminum
  • fabric
  • glass
  • brick
  • glass
Carbon signals

Aluminum, Steel, and Fabric look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Aluminum
  • Steel
  • Fabric

Brick and Glass look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Brick
  • Glass
Lower-carbon levers
  • Focus on recycled content, lighter assemblies, and careful facade-specification choices.
  • Prioritize recycled content, efficient sections, and procurement-specific EPD comparisons.
  • Use classification and product-level EPD research to place this material more precisely.
  • Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.
  • Review masonry extent, reuse opportunities, and alternate assemblies where the design language allows it.
  • Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible8 of 8 recorded works are publicly accessible
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