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Alfonse M. D'Amato United States Courthouse

Central Islip, Central Islip, United States · Exact work coordinates

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Alfonse M. D'Amato United States Courthouse

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Federal courthouse in Central Islip, New York

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Alfonse M. D'Amato United States CourthouseAlfonse M. D'Amato United States Courthouse

2000 · Central Islip, Central Islip, United States

MecanooMecanoo

Lisse, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands

Typeworkbureau
Year / years2000Unrecorded
PlaceCentral Islip, Central Islip, United StatesLisse, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
Place contextCentral Islip, Central Islip, United StatesRepresentative site: Delft, Delft, Netherlands
Climate6°C · 13.5h daylight · 7 km/h wind9°C · 14.2h daylight · 9 km/h wind · via Delft railway station
FocusHouse10 works in corpus
Architects
  • Richard Meier
  • Francine Houben
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Richard Meier & Partners Architects

Notable works

  • Delft railway station
  • TU Delft Library
  • Montevideo (Rotterdam)
  • La Llotja de Lleida / Mecanoo + labb arquitectur
Typologies
  • house
  • civic building
  • office
  • landscape
  • library
  • education
  • campus building
  • housing
  • tower
  • public
Materials
  • adobe
  • glass
  • stone
  • other
  • wood
  • steel
  • glass
  • concrete
Carbon signals

Adobe and Glass look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Adobe
  • Glass

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

  • Concrete
  • Steel
  • Glass
Lower-carbon levers
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Use classification and product-level EPD research to place this material more precisely.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible4 of 4 recorded works are publicly accessible
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