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Toronto Reference Library in Toronto, Canada

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Toronto Reference Library

1977 · Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Toronto Reference Library image

Largest branch of Toronto Public Library

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Toronto Reference Library

Toronto, Toronto, Canada · Exact work coordinates

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Toronto Reference LibraryToronto Reference Library

1977 · Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Herzog & de MeuronHerzog & de Meuron

Zürich, Switzerland

Typeworkbureau
Year / years1977Unrecorded
PlaceToronto, Toronto, CanadaZürich, Switzerland
Place contextToronto, Toronto, CanadaRepresentative site: Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
Climate5°C · 13.7h daylight · 13 km/h wind20°C · 13.0h daylight · 11 km/h wind · via Tenerife Espacio de las Artes
FocusArchitecture6 works in corpus
Architects
  • Raymond Moriyama
  • Herzog & de Meuron
  • Jacques Herzog
  • Pierre de Meuron
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Moriyama Teshima Architects

Notable works

  • Tenerife Espacio de las Artes
  • Tate Modern
  • Beirut Terraces
  • Elbphilharmonie
Typologies
  • library
  • house
  • performance venue
  • museum
  • adaptive reuse
  • cultural building
  • housing
  • residential tower
  • high-rise
Materials

Not recorded yet.

  • brick
  • steel
  • glass
  • concrete
  • stone
  • wood
Carbon signals

library gives us a typology starting point even though the work does not have a recorded material palette yet.

No dominant drivers yet.

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

  • Concrete
  • Steel
  • Brick
Lower-carbon levers

No levers surfaced yet.

  • 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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