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Institut du monde arabe in 5th arrondissement of Paris, France

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Institut du Monde Arabe

1987 · Paris, Ile-de-France, France

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Institut du Monde Arabe

Paris, Ile-de-France, France · City-level coordinates only

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Institut du Monde Arabe

1987 · Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Herbert BakerHerbert Baker

1892 · London, England, United Kingdom

Typeworkbureau
Year / years19871892
PlaceParis, Ile-de-France, FranceLondon, England, United Kingdom
Place contextParis, Ile-de-France, FranceRepresentative site: Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Climate7°C · 14.0h daylight · 8 km/h wind15°C · 11.1h daylight · 24 km/h wind · via Houses of Parliament, Cape Town
FocusCultural institute43 works in corpus
Architects
  • Jean Nouvel
  • Herbert Baker
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Ateliers Jean Nouvel

Notable works

  • Houses of Parliament, Cape Town
  • St. George's Cathedral, Cape Town
  • State House, Nairobi
  • St Boniface Church, Germiston
Typologies
  • cultural center
  • institutional building
  • museum
  • housing
  • house
  • office
  • civic building
  • church
  • sacred space
  • cathedral
  • chapel
Materials
  • glass
  • steel
  • aluminum
  • timber
  • brick
  • stone
Carbon signals

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

  • Aluminum
  • Steel
  • Glass

Brick and Stone look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Brick
  • Stone
Lower-carbon levers
  • Focus on recycled content, lighter assemblies, and careful facade-specification choices.
  • 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.
  • Check source geography, fabrication intensity, and whether stone is structural, cladding, or finish-only.
  • Track sourcing, certification, and assembly logic rather than assuming timber is automatically low impact.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible14 of 14 recorded works are publicly accessible
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