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1 selected · 1 other item held elsewhere in the compare set

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Seattle Central Library in Seattle, United States
Seattle Central Library

2004 · Seattle, Seattle, United States

Seattle Central Library image

Public Library in Seattle, Washington

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Seattle Central Library

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Seattle Central LibrarySeattle Central Library

2004 · Seattle, Seattle, United States

Karl MoserKarl Moser

1888 · Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Typeworkbureau
Year / years20041888
PlaceSeattle, Seattle, United StatesZurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Place contextSeattle, Seattle, United StatesRepresentative site: Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland
Climate11°C · 13.9h daylight · 11 km/h wind14°C · 13.9h daylight · 8 km/h wind · via Old Cantonal School Aarau
FocusArchitecture4 works in corpus
Architects
  • Rem Koolhaas
  • Karl Moser
Linked context

Bureaus

  • OMA

Notable works

  • Old Cantonal School Aarau
  • St. Paul's Church, Basel
  • St. Paul's Church, Bern
  • Basel Badischer Bahnhof
Typologies
  • library
  • education
  • church
  • sacred space
  • gallery
  • tower
  • performance venue
Materials
  • glass
  • steel
  • stone
  • glass
Carbon signals

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

  • Steel
  • Glass

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

  • Glass
  • 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.
  • 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 accessible4 of 4 recorded works are publicly accessible
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