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2010 · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey

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Istanbul Sapphire

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Field	Istanbul Sapphire 2010 · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey	Joseph Allen Stein 1952 · New Delhi, Delhi, India
Type	work	bureau
Year / years	2010	1952
Place	Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey	New Delhi, Delhi, India
Place context	Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey	Representative site: Mumbai, Mumbai, India
Climate	15°C · 13.5h daylight · 3 km/h wind	29°C · 12.7h daylight · 4 km/h wind · via Express Towers
Focus	Residential skyscraper	2 works in corpus
Architects	No architects linked yet.	Joseph Allen Stein
Linked context	Bureaus Tabanlioglu Architects	Notable works Express Towers India Habitat Centre
Typologies	housing residential tower mixed-use observation deck	tower housing
Materials	glass steel concrete	stone
Carbon signals	Concrete, Steel, and Glass look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette. Concrete Steel Glass	Stone look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette. Stone
Lower-carbon levers	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. 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.
Accessibility	Publicly accessible	Access not recorded across linked works
Related books	No linked books yet.	No linked books yet.