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2004 · Seattle, Seattle, United States

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Public Library in Seattle, Washington

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Seattle Central Library

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Public Library in Seattle, Washington

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Field	Seattle Central Library 2004 · Seattle, Seattle, United States	Joseph Allen Stein 1952 · New Delhi, Delhi, India
Type	work	bureau
Year / years	2004	1952
Place	Seattle, Seattle, United States	New Delhi, Delhi, India
Place context	Seattle, Seattle, United States	Representative site: Mumbai, Mumbai, India
Climate	16°C · 13.9h daylight · 10 km/h wind	29°C · 12.7h daylight · 4 km/h wind · via Express Towers
Focus	Architecture	2 works in corpus
Architects	Rem Koolhaas	Joseph Allen Stein
Linked context	Bureaus OMA	Notable works Express Towers India Habitat Centre
Typologies	library	tower housing
Materials	glass steel	stone
Carbon signals	Steel and Glass look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette. Steel Glass	Stone look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette. Stone
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.	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.