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National Library of Latvia in Riga, Latvia
National Library of Latvia

2014 · Riga, Riga, Latvia

National Library of Latvia image

Seed wave 63 image for the National Library of Latvia.

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National Library of Latvia

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National Library of LatviaNational Library of Latvia

2014 · Riga, Riga, Latvia

Friedensreich HundertwasserFriedensreich Hundertwasser

1950-2000 · Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Typeworkbureau
Year / years20141950-2000
PlaceRiga, Riga, LatviaVienna, Vienna, Austria
Place contextRiga, Riga, LatviaRepresentative site: Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Climate7°C · 14.7h daylight · 15 km/h windClimate unavailable · via Hundertwasserhaus
FocusLibrary5 works in corpus
Architects
  • Gunnar Birkerts
  • Friedensreich Hundertwasser
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Gunnar Birkerts

Notable works

  • Hundertwasserhaus
  • KunstHausWien
  • Waldspirale
  • Hundertwasser Toilets
Typologies
  • library
  • cultural building
  • civic building
  • house
  • museum
  • adaptive reuse
  • cultural building
  • housing
  • building
  • tower
Materials
  • glass
  • steel
  • brick
  • plaster
  • ceramic tile
Carbon signals

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

  • Steel
  • Glass

Brick, Ceramic Tile, and Plaster look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Brick
  • Ceramic Tile
  • Plaster
Lower-carbon levers
  • Prioritize recycled content, efficient sections, and procurement-specific EPD comparisons.
  • Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.
  • Review masonry extent, reuse opportunities, and alternate assemblies where the design language allows it.
  • Use classification and product-level EPD research to place this material more precisely.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible1 of 1 recorded works are publicly accessible
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