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Seattle Central Library in Seattle, United States
Seattle Central Library

2004 · Seattle, Seattle, United States

Seattle Central Library image

Public Library in Seattle, Washington

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Seattle Central Library

Seattle, Seattle, United States · Exact work coordinates

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Seattle Central LibrarySeattle Central Library

2004 · Seattle, Seattle, United States

GrimshawGrimshaw

New York, United States

Typeworkbureau
Year / years2004Unrecorded
PlaceSeattle, Seattle, United StatesNew York, United States
Place contextSeattle, Seattle, United StatesRepresentative site: City of Melbourne, City of Melbourne, Australia
Climate10°C · 14.0h daylight · 7 km/h wind17°C · 10.9h daylight · 7 km/h wind · via Southern Cross railway station
FocusArchitecture12 works in corpus
Architects
  • Rem Koolhaas
  • Nicholas Grimshaw
Linked context

Bureaus

  • OMA

Notable works

  • Southern Cross railway station
  • Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA station
  • Sainsbury's, Camden
  • Eden Project
Typologies
  • library
  • sports venue
  • building
  • museum
  • education
  • campus building
  • house
  • infrastructure
  • transportation
Materials
  • glass
  • steel
  • steel
  • glass
  • concrete
  • timber
Carbon signals

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

  • Steel
  • Glass

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

  • Concrete
  • Steel
  • Glass
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.
  • 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.
  • 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 accessible1 of 1 recorded works are publicly accessible
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