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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

Michael Graves Architecture & DesignMichael Graves Architecture & Design

1964 · Princeton, New Jersey, United States

Typeworkbureau
Year / years20021964
PlaceAlexandria, Alexandria Governorate, EgyptPrinceton, New Jersey, United States
Place contextAlexandria, Alexandria Governorate, EgyptRepresentative site: Minneapolis, Minneapolis, United States
Climate21°C · 13.1h daylight · 19 km/h wind-1°C · 13.8h daylight · 9 km/h wind · via Minneapolis Institute of Art
FocusLibrary15 works in corpus
Architects
  • Kjetil Trædal Thorsen
  • Michael Graves
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Snøhetta

Notable works

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