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Louvre Abu Dhabi

2017 · Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

27°C · 12.9h daylight · 7 km/h wind

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Louvre Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates · City-level coordinates only

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Louvre Abu Dhabi

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Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Climate: 27°C · 12.9h daylight · 7 km/h wind

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Louvre Abu DhabiLouvre Abu Dhabi

2017 · Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Joseph PoelaertJoseph Poelaert

1850 · Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium

Typeworkbureau
Year / years20171850
PlaceAbu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesBrussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Place contextAbu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesRepresentative site: Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
Climate27°C · 12.9h daylight · 7 km/h wind14°C · 14.1h daylight · 12 km/h wind · via Church of Our Lady of Laeken
FocusMuseum5 works in corpus
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  • Joseph Poelaert
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Notable works

  • Church of Our Lady of Laeken
  • Palace of Justice, Brussels
  • Church of St. Catherine, Brussels
  • La Monnaie
Typologies
  • museum
  • art museum
  • cultural building
  • church
  • sacred space
  • courthouse
  • civic building
  • monumental architecture
  • house
  • performance venue
Materials
  • concrete
  • steel
  • aluminum
  • stone
Carbon signals

Aluminum, Concrete, and Steel look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Aluminum
  • Concrete
  • Steel

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

  • Stone
Lower-carbon levers
  • Focus on recycled content, lighter assemblies, and careful facade-specification choices.
  • 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.
  • 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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