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Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto, Canada

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Roy Thomson Hall

Unknown · Toronto, Toronto, Canada

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Concert hall in Toronto, Canada

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Roy Thomson Hall

Toronto, Toronto, Canada · Exact work coordinates

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Roy Thomson HallRoy Thomson Hall

Unknown · Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Foster + PartnersFoster + Partners

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Typeworkbureau
Year / yearsUnknownUnrecorded
PlaceToronto, Toronto, CanadaAbu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Place contextToronto, Toronto, CanadaRepresentative site: Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Climate4°C · 13.7h daylight · 15 km/h wind6°C · 14.2h daylight · 12 km/h wind · via Dresden Hauptbahnhof
FocusArchitecture55 works in corpus
Architects
  • Arthur Erickson
  • Norman Foster
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Arthur Erickson Architects

Notable works

  • Dresden Hauptbahnhof
  • Reichstag building
  • British Library of Political and Economic Science
  • Cohen House, London
Typologies
  • building
  • building
  • library
  • education
  • house
  • church
  • sacred space
  • museum
  • gallery
Materials
  • glass
  • glass
  • steel
  • granite
  • ETFE
  • wood
  • concrete
  • stone
Carbon signals

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

  • Glass

Concrete, Steel, and ETFE look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Concrete
  • Steel
  • ETFE
Lower-carbon levers
  • Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.
  • Look for lower-clinker mixes, reused structure, and scope reductions before fine-grained product swaps.
  • Prioritize recycled content, efficient sections, and procurement-specific EPD comparisons.
  • Use classification and product-level EPD research to place this material more precisely.
  • Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.
AccessibilityAccess not recorded10 of 10 recorded works are publicly accessible
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