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Art Institute of Chicago in Chicago, United States

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Art Institute of Chicago

1879 · Chicago, Chicago, United States

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Art museum in Illinois, United States

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Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, Chicago, United States · Exact work coordinates

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Art Institute of ChicagoArt Institute of Chicago

1879 · Chicago, Chicago, United States

Louis I. KahnLouis I. Kahn

1947-1974 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Typeworkbureau
Year / years18791947-1974
PlaceChicago, Chicago, United StatesPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Place contextChicago, Chicago, United StatesRepresentative site: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, United States
Climate8°C · 13.5h daylight · 17 km/h wind12°C · 13.5h daylight · 14 km/h wind · via University of Pennsylvania
FocusMuseum12 works in corpus
Architects
  • Renzo Piano
  • Louis Kahn
  • Louis Kahn
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Renzo Piano Building Workshop

Notable works

  • University of Pennsylvania
  • Salk Institute
  • Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban
  • Yale Center for British Art
Typologies
  • museum
  • landscape
  • education
  • campus building
  • institutional building
  • research campus
  • laboratory
  • parliament
  • civic building
  • government building
Materials
  • aluminum
  • stone
  • timber
  • concrete
  • teak
  • travertine
  • marble
  • aluminum
  • brick
  • steel
  • timber
Carbon signals

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

  • Aluminum
  • Stone

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

  • Aluminum
  • Concrete
  • Steel
Lower-carbon levers
  • Focus on recycled content, lighter assemblies, and careful facade-specification choices.
  • Check source geography, fabrication intensity, and whether stone is structural, cladding, or finish-only.
  • Track sourcing, certification, and assembly logic rather than assuming timber is automatically low impact.
  • 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.
  • Review masonry extent, reuse opportunities, and alternate assemblies where the design language allows it.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible8 of 8 recorded works are publicly accessible
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