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Aga Khan Museum in Toronto, Canada

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Aga Khan Museum

2014 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Museum of Islamic art in Toronto, Canada

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Aga Khan Museum

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Aga Khan MuseumAga Khan Museum

2014 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Joseph PaxtonJoseph Paxton

Typeworkbureau
Year / years2014Unrecorded
PlaceToronto, Ontario, CanadaUnrecorded
Place contextToronto, Ontario, CanadaRepresentative site: Chatsworth, Chatsworth, United Kingdom
Climate2°C · 13.7h daylight · 8 km/h wind6°C · 14.4h daylight · 9 km/h wind · via Emperor Fountain
FocusMuseum6 works in corpus
Architects
  • Fumihiko Maki
  • Joseph Paxton
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Maki and Associates

Notable works

  • Emperor Fountain
  • The Crystal Palace
  • Château de Ferrières
  • Château de Pregny
Typologies
  • museum
  • cultural building
  • art museum
  • house
  • cathedral
  • sacred space
  • landscape
  • education
  • campus building
  • building
Materials
  • granite
  • glass
  • steel
  • glass
  • timber
Carbon signals

Steel, Glass, and Stone look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Steel
  • Glass
  • Stone

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

  • Glass
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.
  • Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.
  • Track sourcing, certification, and assembly logic rather than assuming timber is automatically low impact.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible2 of 2 recorded works are publicly accessible
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