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Biblioteca de Espana in Medellin, Colombia

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Biblioteca de Espana

2007 · Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia

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Biblioteca de Espana

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Biblioteca de EspanaBiblioteca de Espana

2007 · Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia

Michael Graves Architecture & DesignMichael Graves Architecture & Design

1964 · Princeton, New Jersey, United States

Typeworkbureau
Year / years20071964
PlaceMedellin, Antioquia, ColombiaPrinceton, New Jersey, United States
Place contextMedellin, Antioquia, ColombiaRepresentative site: Minneapolis, Minneapolis, United States
Climate18°C · 12.3h daylight · 4 km/h wind24°C · 13.8h daylight · 13 km/h wind · via Minneapolis Institute of Art
FocusLibrary park15 works in corpus
Architects
  • Giancarlo Mazzanti
  • Michael Graves
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Giancarlo Mazzanti

Notable works

  • Minneapolis Institute of Art
  • Detroit Institute of Arts
  • Michael C. Carlos Museum
  • Louwman Museum
Typologies
  • library
  • cultural building
  • civic building
  • museum
  • library
  • education
  • campus building
  • house
  • office
  • performance venue
  • hospitality
Materials
  • stone
  • concrete
  • glass
  • timber
  • stone
Carbon signals

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

  • Concrete
  • Glass
  • Stone

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

  • Stone
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.
  • Check source geography, fabrication intensity, and whether stone is structural, cladding, or finish-only.
  • Track sourcing, certification, and assembly logic rather than assuming timber is automatically low impact.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible9 of 9 recorded works are publicly accessible
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