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National Library of Argentina in Buenos Aires
National Library of Argentina

1992 · Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

National Library of Argentina image

Seed wave 45 image for the National Library of Argentina.

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National Library of Argentina

Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina · Exact work coordinates

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National Library of Argentina

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Seed wave 45 image for the National Library of Argentina.

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National Library of ArgentinaNational Library of Argentina

1992 · Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Joseph PoelaertJoseph Poelaert

1850 · Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium

Typeworkbureau
Year / years19921850
PlaceBuenos Aires, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaBrussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Place contextBuenos Aires, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaRepresentative site: Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
Climate20°C · 11.1h daylight · 12 km/h wind12°C · 14.1h daylight · 10 km/h wind · via Church of Our Lady of Laeken
FocusNational library5 works in corpus
Architects
  • Clorindo Testa
  • Joseph Poelaert
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Clorindo Testa

Notable works

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

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

  • Concrete
  • 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.
  • 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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