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Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Alexandria, Egypt

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Bibliotheca Alexandrina

2002 · Alexandria, Alexandria Governorate, Egypt

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Seed wave 34 image for Bibliotheca Alexandrina.

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Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Alexandria, Alexandria Governorate, Egypt · Exact work coordinates

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Bibliotheca AlexandrinaBibliotheca Alexandrina

2002 · Alexandria, Alexandria Governorate, Egypt

Marcel Breuer AssociatesMarcel Breuer Associates

1951 · New York, New York, United States

Typeworkbureau
Year / years20021951
PlaceAlexandria, Alexandria Governorate, EgyptNew York, New York, United States
Place contextAlexandria, Alexandria Governorate, EgyptRepresentative site: Collegeville, Collegeville, United States
Climate18°C · 13.3h daylight · 17 km/h wind7°C · 14.0h daylight · 14 km/h wind · via Saint John's Abbey, Collegeville
FocusLibrary21 works in corpus
Architects
  • Kjetil Trædal Thorsen
  • Marcel Breuer
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Snøhetta

Notable works

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

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

  • Concrete
  • Glass
  • Stone

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

  • Concrete
  • Steel
  • Brick
Lower-carbon levers
  • Look for lower-clinker mixes, reused structure, and scope reductions before fine-grained product swaps.
  • Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.
  • Check source geography, fabrication intensity, and whether stone is structural, cladding, or finish-only.
  • 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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