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Atomium in Brussels, Belgium

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Atomium

1958 · Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium

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Seed wave 47 image for the Atomium.

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Atomium

Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium · Exact work coordinates

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AtomiumAtomium

1958 · Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium

Marcel Breuer AssociatesMarcel Breuer Associates

1951 · New York, New York, United States

Typeworkbureau
Year / years19581951
PlaceBrussels, Brussels-Capital Region, BelgiumNew York, New York, United States
Place contextBrussels, Brussels-Capital Region, BelgiumRepresentative site: Collegeville, Collegeville, United States
Climate16°C · 14.2h daylight · 19 km/h wind11°C · 13.9h daylight · 13 km/h wind · via Saint John's Abbey, Collegeville
FocusLandmark, museum, and exhibition structure21 works in corpus
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  • Marcel Breuer
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Notable works

  • Saint John's Abbey, Collegeville
  • Cleveland Museum of Art
  • Alan I W Frank House
  • Marcel Breuer House II
Typologies
  • landmark
  • museum
  • exhibition structure
  • building
  • museum
  • education
  • campus building
  • house
  • housing
  • landscape
  • chapel
Materials
  • steel
  • aluminium
  • stone
  • timber
  • concrete
  • brick
  • glass
  • steel
Carbon signals

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

  • Aluminum
  • Steel

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

  • Concrete
  • Steel
  • Brick
Lower-carbon levers
  • Focus on recycled content, lighter assemblies, and careful facade-specification choices.
  • Prioritize recycled content, efficient sections, and procurement-specific EPD comparisons.
  • 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.
  • Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible9 of 9 recorded works are publicly accessible
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