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Exterior view of Casa de Vidro in Sao Paulo, showing the glass volume lifted above the wooded site.
Casa de Vidro

1951 · Sao Paulo, Brazil

Casa de Vidro exterior view

Exterior view of Casa de Vidro in Morumbi, Sao Paulo.

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Casa de Vidro

Sao Paulo, Brazil · Exact work coordinates

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Casa de VidroCasa de Vidro

1951 · Sao Paulo, Brazil

Maki and AssociatesMaki and Associates

1965 · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Typeworkbureau
Year / years19511965
PlaceSao Paulo, BrazilTokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Place contextSao Paulo, BrazilRepresentative site: Sendagaya, Sendagaya, Japan
Climate24°C · 11.4h daylight · 11 km/h wind16°C · 13.3h daylight · 5 km/h wind · via Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium
FocusHouse15 works in corpus
Architects
  • Lina Bo Bardi
  • Fumihiko Maki
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Studio Lina Bo Bardi

Notable works

  • Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium
  • National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
  • Japanese Sword Museum
  • Iwasaki Art Museum
Typologies
  • residence
  • house
  • building
  • museum
  • performance venue
  • office
  • gallery
  • house
  • hospitality
  • tower
Materials
  • glass
  • concrete
  • steel
  • concrete
  • glass
  • steel
  • granite
  • rammed earth
  • stone
  • earth
Carbon signals

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

  • Concrete
  • Steel
  • Glass

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

  • Concrete
  • Steel
  • Earth
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.
  • 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.
  • Use classification and product-level EPD research to place this material more precisely.
  • Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible7 of 7 recorded works are publicly accessible
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