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Cairo Tower in Cairo, Egypt
Cairo Tower

1961 · Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt

Cairo Tower image

Seed wave 49 image for Cairo Tower.

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Cairo Tower

Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt · City-level coordinates only

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Cairo TowerCairo Tower

1961 · Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt

Bjarke Ingels GroupBjarke Ingels Group

Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark

Typeworkbureau
Year / years1961Unrecorded
PlaceCairo, Cairo Governorate, EgyptCopenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark
Place contextCairo, Cairo Governorate, EgyptRepresentative site: Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark
Climate18°C · 13.0h daylight · 2 km/h wind8°C · 14.5h daylight · 5 km/h wind · via Copenhagen Harbour Bath / BIG + JDS
FocusObservation tower6 works in corpus
Architects
  • Naoum Shebib
  • Bjarke Ingels
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Naoum Shebib

Notable works

  • Copenhagen Harbour Bath / BIG + JDS
  • VM Houses / BIG + JDS
  • Denmark Pavilion, Shanghai Expo 2010 / BIG
  • Sluishuis
Typologies
  • tower
  • landmark
  • observation tower
  • sports
  • recreation training
  • swimming pool
  • wood
  • public facilities
  • residential
  • housing
  • apartments
Materials
  • concrete
  • wood
  • glass
  • concrete
Carbon signals

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

  • Concrete

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

  • Concrete
  • Glass
Lower-carbon levers
  • Look for lower-clinker mixes, reused structure, and scope reductions before fine-grained product swaps.
  • Look for lower-clinker mixes, reused structure, and scope reductions before fine-grained product swaps.
  • Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.
  • Track sourcing, certification, and assembly logic rather than assuming timber is automatically low impact.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible1 of 1 recorded works are publicly accessible
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