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San Francisco Federal Building in San Francisco, United States
San Francisco Federal Building

Unknown · San Francisco, San Francisco, United States

San Francisco Federal Building image

Government offices in San Francisco, California

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San Francisco Federal Building

San Francisco, San Francisco, United States · Exact work coordinates

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San Francisco Federal Building

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Government offices in San Francisco, California

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MorphosisMorphosis

Pasadena, California, United States

Typeworkbureau
Year / yearsUnknownUnrecorded
PlaceSan Francisco, San Francisco, United StatesPasadena, California, United States
Place contextSan Francisco, San Francisco, United StatesRepresentative site: New York, United States
Climate12°C · 13.4h daylight · 3 km/h wind3°C · 13.5h daylight · 10 km/h wind · via The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art / Morphosis Architects
FocusArchitecture7 works in corpus
Architects
  • Thom Mayne
  • Thom Mayne
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Morphosis

Notable works

  • The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art / Morphosis Architects
  • Wayne Lyman Morse United States Courthouse
  • 41 Cooper Square
  • Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics / Morphosis Architects
Typologies
  • building
  • offices
  • institutional buildings
  • dabas
  • educational
  • 3d modeling
  • house
  • civic building
  • gallery
Materials
  • concrete
  • timber
  • glass
  • steel
  • aluminum
  • fabric
  • concrete
  • timber
Carbon signals

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

  • Concrete

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

  • Aluminum
  • Concrete
  • Steel
Lower-carbon levers
  • Look for lower-clinker mixes, reused structure, and scope reductions before fine-grained product swaps.
  • Track sourcing, certification, and assembly logic rather than assuming timber is automatically low impact.
  • Focus on recycled content, lighter assemblies, and careful facade-specification choices.
  • 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.
  • Use classification and product-level EPD research to place this material more precisely.
AccessibilityAccess not recorded2 of 2 recorded works are publicly accessible
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