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Markham Civic Centre in Markham, Canada
Markham Civic Centre

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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Markham Civic CentreMarkham Civic Centre

1990 · Markham, Markham, Canada

Dimitris Pikionis

1925-1968 · Athens, Attica, Greece

Typeworkbureau
Year / years19901925-1968
PlaceMarkham, Markham, CanadaAthens, Attica, Greece
Place contextMarkham, Markham, CanadaRepresentative site: Athens, Attica, Greece
Climate-6°C · 13.8h daylight · 2 km/h wind23°C · 13.4h daylight · 9 km/h wind · via Landscaping of the Acropolis of Athens
FocusCivic building1 works in corpus
Architects
  • Arthur Erickson
  • Dimitris Pikionis
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Arthur Erickson Architects

Notable works

  • Landscaping of the Acropolis of Athens
Typologies
  • civic building
  • landscape
  • landscape
  • public space
  • pedestrian infrastructure
Materials
  • brick
  • glass
  • stone
  • paving
  • salvaged fragments
Carbon signals

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

  • Brick
  • Glass

Paving, Salvaged Fragments, and Stone look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Paving
  • Salvaged Fragments
  • 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.
  • Use classification and product-level EPD research to place this material more precisely.
  • Check source geography, fabrication intensity, and whether stone is structural, cladding, or finish-only.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible1 of 1 recorded works are publicly accessible
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