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2004 · Seattle, Seattle, United States

Seattle Central Library image

Public Library in Seattle, Washington

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Seattle Central Library

Seattle, Seattle, United States · Exact work coordinates

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Public Library in Seattle, Washington

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Comparison

Field	Seattle Central Library 2004 · Seattle, Seattle, United States	José Marques da Silva 1896 · Porto, Porto District, Portugal
Type	work	bureau
Year / years	2004	1896
Place	Seattle, Seattle, United States	Porto, Porto District, Portugal
Place context	Seattle, Seattle, United States	Representative site: Lordelo do Ouro e Massarelos, Lordelo do Ouro e Massarelos, Portugal
Climate	10°C · 13.9h daylight · 8 km/h wind	15°C · 13.5h daylight · 7 km/h wind · via Serralves
Focus	Architecture	4 works in corpus
Architects	Rem Koolhaas	Jose Marques da Silva
Linked context	Bureaus OMA	Notable works Serralves Casa Correia de Matos São Bento railway station São João National Theatre
Typologies	library	museum landscape house building performance venue
Materials	glass steel	Not recorded yet.
Carbon signals	Steel and Glass look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette. Steel Glass	museum, landscape, house, and building gives us a typology starting point even though the work does not have a recorded material palette yet. No dominant drivers yet.
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.	No levers surfaced yet.
Accessibility	Publicly accessible	2 of 2 recorded works are publicly accessible
Related books	No linked books yet.	No linked books yet.