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San Francisco Federal Building in San Francisco, United States
San Francisco Federal Building

Unknown · San Francisco, San Francisco, United States

San Francisco Federal Building image

Government offices in San Francisco, California

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San Francisco Federal Building

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San Francisco Federal Building

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Government offices in San Francisco, California

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San Francisco Federal BuildingSan Francisco Federal Building

Unknown · San Francisco, San Francisco, United States

Charles Correa AssociatesCharles Correa Associates

1958 · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Typeworkbureau
Year / yearsUnknown1958
PlaceSan Francisco, San Francisco, United StatesMumbai, Maharashtra, India
Place contextSan Francisco, San Francisco, United StatesRepresentative site: Pathanamthitta district, Pathanamthitta district, India
Climate15°C · 13.4h daylight · 11 km/h wind27°C · 12.4h daylight · 4 km/h wind · via St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Parumala
FocusArchitecture12 works in corpus
Architects
  • Thom Mayne
  • Charles Correa
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Morphosis

Notable works

  • St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Parumala
  • Sabarmati Ashram
  • Gandhi Smarak Sangrahalaya
  • Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium, Navrangpura
Typologies
  • building
  • church
  • sacred space
  • building
  • museum
  • cultural building
  • stadium
  • sports building
  • arts center
Materials
  • concrete
  • timber
  • brick
  • concrete
  • sandstone
  • stone
  • glass
Carbon signals

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

  • Concrete

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

  • Concrete
  • Brick
  • Glass
Lower-carbon levers
  • 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.
  • Look for lower-clinker mixes, reused structure, and scope reductions before fine-grained product swaps.
  • 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.
  • Check source geography, fabrication intensity, and whether stone is structural, cladding, or finish-only.
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