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Tour Granite in Nanterre, France

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Tour Granite

2008 · Nanterre, Nanterre, France

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Office skyscraper in La Défense, the high-rise business district in Paris, France

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Tour Granite

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Office skyscraper in La Défense, the high-rise business district in Paris, France

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Tour GraniteTour Granite

2008 · Nanterre, Nanterre, France

Louis I. KahnLouis I. Kahn

1947-1974 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Typeworkbureau
Year / years20081947-1974
PlaceNanterre, Nanterre, FrancePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Place contextNanterre, Nanterre, FranceRepresentative site: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, United States
Climate14°C · 13.9h daylight · 12 km/h wind9°C · 13.5h daylight · 15 km/h wind · via University of Pennsylvania
FocusOffice building12 works in corpus
Architects
  • Christian de Portzamparc
  • Louis Kahn
  • Louis Kahn
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Christian de Portzamparc

Notable works

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

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

  • Stone

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

  • Aluminum
  • Concrete
  • Steel
Lower-carbon levers
  • Check source geography, fabrication intensity, and whether stone is structural, cladding, or finish-only.
  • 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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