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Markham Civic Centre in Markham, Canada
Markham Civic Centre

1990 · Markham, Markham, Canada

Markham Civic Centre image

City hall in Ontario, Canada

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Markham Civic Centre

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Markham Civic CentreMarkham Civic Centre

1990 · Markham, Markham, Canada

Herzog & de MeuronHerzog & de Meuron

Zürich, Switzerland

Typeworkbureau
Year / years1990Unrecorded
PlaceMarkham, Markham, CanadaZürich, Switzerland
Place contextMarkham, Markham, CanadaRepresentative site: Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
Climate7°C · 13.8h daylight · 21 km/h wind23°C · 13.0h daylight · 7 km/h wind · via Tenerife Espacio de las Artes
FocusCivic building6 works in corpus
Architects
  • Arthur Erickson
  • Herzog & de Meuron
  • Jacques Herzog
  • Pierre de Meuron
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Arthur Erickson Architects

Notable works

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

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

  • Brick
  • Glass

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

  • Concrete
  • Steel
  • Brick
Lower-carbon levers
  • 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.
  • 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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