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2004 · Seattle, Seattle, United States

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Public Library in Seattle, Washington

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Seattle Central Library

Seattle, Seattle, United States · Exact work coordinates

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Public Library in Seattle, Washington

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Field	Seattle Central Library 2004 · Seattle, Seattle, United States	Otto Wagner 1880 · Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Type	work	bureau
Year / years	2004	1880
Place	Seattle, Seattle, United States	Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Place context	Seattle, Seattle, United States	Representative site: Döbling, Döbling, Austria
Climate	12°C · 13.8h daylight · 3 km/h wind	18°C · 13.9h daylight · 2 km/h wind · via Nussdorf weir and lock
Focus	Architecture	21 works in corpus
Architects	Rem Koolhaas	Otto Wagner
Linked context	Bureaus OMA	Notable works Nussdorf weir and lock Pilgramgasse station Kettenbrückengasse station Hotel Bristol, Warsaw
Typologies	library	building housing hospitality church sacred space performance venue house civic building
Materials	glass steel	steel tile
Carbon signals	Steel and Glass look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette. Steel 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. 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.
Accessibility	Publicly accessible	7 of 7 recorded works are publicly accessible
Related books	No linked books yet.	No linked books yet.