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Alfonse M. D'Amato United States Courthouse

Central Islip, Central Islip, United States · Exact work coordinates

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Alfonse M. D'Amato United States Courthouse

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Federal courthouse in Central Islip, New York

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Alfonse M. D'Amato United States CourthouseAlfonse M. D'Amato United States Courthouse

2000 · Central Islip, Central Islip, United States

Joseph PoelaertJoseph Poelaert

1850 · Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium

Typeworkbureau
Year / years20001850
PlaceCentral Islip, Central Islip, United StatesBrussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Place contextCentral Islip, Central Islip, United StatesRepresentative site: Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
Climate5°C · 13.5h daylight · 5 km/h wind7°C · 14.1h daylight · 9 km/h wind · via Church of Our Lady of Laeken
FocusHouse5 works in corpus
Architects
  • Richard Meier
  • Joseph Poelaert
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Richard Meier & Partners Architects

Notable works

  • Church of Our Lady of Laeken
  • Palace of Justice, Brussels
  • Church of St. Catherine, Brussels
  • La Monnaie
Typologies
  • house
  • civic building
  • church
  • sacred space
  • courthouse
  • civic building
  • monumental architecture
  • house
  • performance venue
Materials
  • adobe
  • glass
  • stone
Carbon signals

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

  • Adobe
  • Glass

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

  • Stone
Lower-carbon levers
  • Use classification and product-level EPD research to place this material more precisely.
  • 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.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible5 of 5 recorded works are publicly accessible
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