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Aga Khan Museum in Toronto, Canada

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Aga Khan Museum

2014 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Museum of Islamic art in Toronto, Canada

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Aga Khan Museum

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Aga Khan MuseumAga Khan Museum

2014 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Herzog & de MeuronHerzog & de Meuron

Zürich, Switzerland

Typeworkbureau
Year / years2014Unrecorded
PlaceToronto, Ontario, CanadaZürich, Switzerland
Place contextWynford Drive, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaRepresentative site: Calle Fuente de Morales, El Cabo, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canarias, España
Climate4°C · 13.8h daylight · 8 km/h wind16°C · 13.0h daylight · 6 km/h wind · via Tenerife Espacio de las Artes
FocusMuseum6 works in corpus
Architects
  • Fumihiko Maki
  • Herzog & de Meuron
  • Jacques Herzog
  • Pierre de Meuron
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Maki and Associates

Notable works

  • Tenerife Espacio de las Artes
  • Tate Modern
  • Beirut Terraces
  • Elbphilharmonie
Typologies
  • museum
  • cultural building
  • art museum
  • house
  • performance venue
  • museum
  • adaptive reuse
  • cultural building
  • housing
  • residential tower
  • high-rise
Materials
  • granite
  • glass
  • steel
  • brick
  • steel
  • glass
  • concrete
  • stone
  • wood
Carbon signals

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

  • Steel
  • Glass
  • Stone

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

  • Concrete
  • Steel
  • Brick
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.
  • Check source geography, fabrication intensity, and whether stone is structural, cladding, or finish-only.
  • 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.
  • Review masonry extent, reuse opportunities, and alternate assemblies where the design language allows it.
  • Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible3 of 4 recorded works are publicly accessible
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