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1925 · Grenoble, Grenoble, France

Perret tower (Grenoble) image

Tower in France

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Perret tower (Grenoble)

Grenoble, Grenoble, France · Exact work coordinates

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Tower in France

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Field	Perret tower (Grenoble) 1925 · Grenoble, Grenoble, France	Gunnar Birkerts 1950-2017 · Detroit, Michigan, United States
Type	work	bureau
Year / years	1925	1950-2017
Place	Grenoble, Grenoble, France	Detroit, Michigan, United States
Place context	Grenoble, Grenoble, France	Representative site: Detroit, Detroit, United States
Climate	13°C · 13.8h daylight · 5 km/h wind	21°C · 13.7h daylight · 20 km/h wind · via 1300 Lafayette East Cooperative
Focus	Landscape project	5 works in corpus
Architects	Auguste Perret	Gunnar Birkerts
Linked context	Bureaus Atelier Perret Freres	Notable works 1300 Lafayette East Cooperative Domino's Farms National Library of Latvia Domino's
Typologies	tower landscape	housing performance venue landscape education campus building house tower library
Materials	concrete	glass steel
Carbon signals	Concrete look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette. Concrete	Steel and Glass look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette. Steel Glass
Lower-carbon levers	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.
Accessibility	Publicly accessible	3 of 3 recorded works are publicly accessible
Related books	No linked books yet.	No linked books yet.