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San Francisco Federal Building in San Francisco, United States

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San Francisco Federal Building

Unknown · San Francisco, San Francisco, United States

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Government offices in San Francisco, California

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Government offices in San Francisco, California

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San Francisco Federal BuildingSan Francisco Federal Building

Unknown · San Francisco, San Francisco, United States

Philip JohnsonPhilip Johnson

1949 · New York, New York, United States

Typeworkbureau
Year / yearsUnknown1949
PlaceSan Francisco, San Francisco, United StatesNew York, New York, United States
Place contextSan Francisco, San Francisco, United StatesRepresentative site: Boston, Boston, United States
Climate11°C · 13.4h daylight · 9 km/h wind1°C · 13.7h daylight · 9 km/h wind · via Boston Central Library
FocusArchitecture42 works in corpus
Architects
  • Thom Mayne
  • Philip Johnson
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Morphosis

Notable works

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

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

  • Concrete

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

  • Concrete
  • Steel
  • Brick
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.
  • 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.
AccessibilityAccess not recorded21 of 21 recorded works are publicly accessible
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