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1990 · Markham, Markham, Canada

Markham Civic Centre image

City hall in Ontario, Canada

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Markham Civic Centre

Markham, Markham, Canada · Exact work coordinates

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City hall in Ontario, Canada

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Field	Markham Civic Centre 1990 · Markham, Markham, Canada	Christian de Portzamparc 1980 · Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Type	work	bureau
Year / years	1990	1980
Place	Markham, Markham, Canada	Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Place context	Markham, Markham, Canada	Representative site: Nanterre, Nanterre, France
Climate	0°C · 13.7h daylight · 13 km/h wind	15°C · 14.0h daylight · 14 km/h wind · via Tour Granite
Focus	Civic building	9 works in corpus
Architects	Arthur Erickson	Christian de Portzamparc
Linked context	Bureaus Arthur Erickson Architects	Notable works Tour Granite Musée Hergé Cidade das Artes Paris La Défense Arena
Typologies	civic building landscape	office museum building tower hospitality landscape house library
Materials	brick glass	stone
Carbon signals	Brick and Glass look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette. Brick Glass	Stone look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette. Stone
Lower-carbon levers	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.
Accessibility	Publicly accessible	3 of 3 recorded works are publicly accessible
Related books	No linked books yet.	No linked books yet.