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Horizon Apartments in Sydney, Australia

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Horizon Apartments

1998 · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Horizon Apartments

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · Exact work coordinates

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Horizon ApartmentsHorizon Apartments

1998 · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Louis I. KahnLouis I. Kahn

1947-1974 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Typeworkbureau
Year / years19981947-1974
PlaceSydney, New South Wales, AustraliaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Place contextSydney, New South Wales, AustraliaRepresentative site: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, United States
Climate19°C · 11.1h daylight · 8 km/h wind8°C · 13.5h daylight · 6 km/h wind · via University of Pennsylvania
FocusHousing12 works in corpus
Architects
  • Harry Seidler
  • Louis Kahn
  • Louis Kahn
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Harry Seidler & Associates

Notable works

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

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

  • Concrete
  • Steel
  • Glass

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

  • Aluminum
  • Concrete
  • Steel
Lower-carbon levers
  • 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.
  • Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.
  • 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.
AccessibilityAccess not recorded8 of 8 recorded works are publicly accessible
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