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2014 · Riga, Riga, Latvia

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Seed wave 63 image for the National Library of Latvia.

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National Library of Latvia

Riga, Riga, Latvia · Exact work coordinates

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Seed wave 63 image for the National Library of Latvia.

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Comparison

Field	National Library of Latvia 2014 · Riga, Riga, Latvia	Joseph Poelaert 1850 · Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Type	work	bureau
Year / years	2014	1850
Place	Riga, Riga, Latvia	Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Place context	Riga, Riga, Latvia	Representative site: Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
Climate	5°C · 14.7h daylight · 8 km/h wind	9°C · 14.1h daylight · 8 km/h wind · via Church of Our Lady of Laeken
Focus	Library	5 works in corpus
Architects	Gunnar Birkerts	Joseph Poelaert
Linked context	Bureaus Gunnar Birkerts	Notable works Church of Our Lady of Laeken Palace of Justice, Brussels Church of St. Catherine, Brussels La Monnaie
Typologies	library cultural building civic building	church sacred space courthouse civic building monumental architecture house performance venue
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	5 of 5 recorded works are publicly accessible
Related books	No linked books yet.	No linked books yet.