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Exterior view of the Elbphilharmonie from the harbor, showing the glass volume rising above the warehouse base.

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Elbphilharmonie

2017 · Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

Elbphilharmonie exterior view

Exterior view of the Elbphilharmonie on the Hamburg waterfront.

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Elbphilharmonie

Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany · Exact work coordinates

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ElbphilharmonieElbphilharmonie

2017 · Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

Otto WagnerOtto Wagner

1880 · Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Typeworkbureau
Year / years20171880
PlaceHamburg, Hamburg, GermanyVienna, Vienna, Austria
Place contextHamburg, Hamburg, GermanyRepresentative site: Döbling, Döbling, Austria
Climate8°C · 14.4h daylight · 17 km/h wind14°C · 13.9h daylight · 15 km/h wind · via Nussdorf weir and lock
FocusConcert hall21 works in corpus
Architects
  • Jacques Herzog
  • Pierre de Meuron
  • Otto Wagner
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Herzog & de Meuron

Notable works

  • Nussdorf weir and lock
  • Pilgramgasse station
  • Kettenbrückengasse station
  • Hotel Bristol, Warsaw
Typologies
  • concert hall
  • adaptive reuse
  • cultural building
  • building
  • housing
  • hospitality
  • church
  • sacred space
  • performance venue
  • house
  • civic building
Materials
  • glass
  • brick
  • steel
  • steel
  • tile
Carbon signals

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

  • Steel
  • Brick
  • Glass

Steel and Tile look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Steel
  • Tile
Lower-carbon levers
  • 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.
  • Prioritize recycled content, efficient sections, and procurement-specific EPD comparisons.
  • Use classification and product-level EPD research to place this material more precisely.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible7 of 7 recorded works are publicly accessible
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