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Aga Khan Museum in Toronto, Canada

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Aga Khan Museum

2014 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Museum of Islamic art in Toronto, Canada

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Aga Khan Museum

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Aga Khan MuseumAga Khan Museum

2014 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Philip JohnsonPhilip Johnson

1949 · New York, New York, United States

Typeworkbureau
Year / years20141949
PlaceToronto, Ontario, CanadaNew York, New York, United States
Place contextToronto, Ontario, CanadaRepresentative site: Boston, Boston, United States
Climate5°C · 13.7h daylight · 16 km/h wind10°C · 13.6h daylight · 18 km/h wind · via Boston Central Library
FocusMuseum42 works in corpus
Architects
  • Fumihiko Maki
  • Philip Johnson
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Maki and Associates

Notable works

  • Boston Central Library
  • Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute
  • Glass House (New Canaan, Connecticut)
  • Rockefeller Guest House
Typologies
  • museum
  • cultural building
  • art museum
  • library
  • museum
  • education
  • house
  • landscape
  • performance venue
  • gallery
  • campus building
Materials
  • granite
  • glass
  • steel
  • glass
  • brick
  • steel
  • concrete
Carbon signals

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

  • Steel
  • Glass
  • Stone

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

  • Concrete
  • Steel
  • Brick
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.
  • Check source geography, fabrication intensity, and whether stone is structural, cladding, or finish-only.
  • 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.
  • 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.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible21 of 21 recorded works are publicly accessible
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