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Exterior view of the Elbphilharmonie from the harbor, showing the glass volume rising above the warehouse base.

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Elbphilharmonie

2017 · Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

Elbphilharmonie exterior view

Exterior view of the Elbphilharmonie on the Hamburg waterfront.

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Elbphilharmonie

Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany · Exact work coordinates

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ElbphilharmonieElbphilharmonie

2017 · Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

Douglas Cardinal ArchitectDouglas Cardinal Architect

1964 · Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Typeworkbureau
Year / years20171964
PlaceHamburg, Hamburg, GermanyOttawa, Ontario, Canada
Place contextHamburg, Hamburg, GermanyRepresentative site: Gatineau, Gatineau, Canada
Climate9°C · 14.4h daylight · 13 km/h wind7°C · 13.7h daylight · 24 km/h wind · via Canadian Museum of History
FocusConcert hall3 works in corpus
Architects
  • Jacques Herzog
  • Pierre de Meuron
  • Douglas Cardinal
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Herzog & de Meuron

Notable works

  • Canadian Museum of History
  • Telus World of Science Edmonton
  • National Museum of the American Indian
Typologies
  • concert hall
  • adaptive reuse
  • cultural building
  • museum
  • house
  • performance venue
  • landscape
Materials
  • glass
  • brick
  • steel
  • timber
Carbon signals

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

  • Steel
  • Brick
  • Glass

The recorded material palette leans lower-carbon on paper, but procurement and quantity still matter.

No dominant drivers yet.

Lower-carbon levers
  • Prioritize recycled content, efficient sections, and procurement-specific EPD comparisons.
  • 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.
  • Track sourcing, certification, and assembly logic rather than assuming timber is automatically low impact.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible3 of 3 recorded works are publicly accessible
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