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Torre Insignia in Mexico City, Mexico
Torre Insignia

1962 · Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico

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Mexico City skyscraper

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Torre Insignia

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Torre InsigniaTorre Insignia

1962 · Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico

Herzog & de MeuronHerzog & de Meuron

Zürich, Switzerland

Typeworkbureau
Year / years1962Unrecorded
PlaceMexico City, Mexico City, MexicoZürich, Switzerland
Place contextMexico City, Mexico City, MexicoRepresentative site: Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
Climate15°C · 12.7h daylight · 4 km/h wind25°C · 13.0h daylight · 5 km/h wind · via Tenerife Espacio de las Artes
FocusHousing6 works in corpus
Architects
  • Mario Pani
  • Herzog & de Meuron
  • Jacques Herzog
  • Pierre de Meuron
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Mario Pani Arquitecto

Notable works

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

Concrete look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Concrete

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

  • Concrete
  • Steel
  • Brick
Lower-carbon levers
  • Look for lower-clinker mixes, reused structure, and scope reductions before fine-grained product swaps.
  • 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.
AccessibilityAccess not recorded3 of 4 recorded works are publicly accessible
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