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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	Refugio Reyes Rivas 1890 · Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, Mexico
Type	work	bureau
Year / years	2004	1890
Place	Seattle, Seattle, United States	Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, Mexico
Place context	Seattle, Seattle, United States	Representative site: Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, Mexico
Climate	11°C · 13.9h daylight · 11 km/h wind	17°C · 12.8h daylight · 8 km/h wind · via Temple of Saint Anthony of Padua
Focus	Architecture	4 works in corpus
Architects	Rem Koolhaas	Refugio Reyes Rivas
Linked context	Bureaus OMA	Notable works Temple of Saint Anthony of Padua Aguascalientes Museum Museum of Contemporary Art (Aguascalientes) Castillo Douglas
Typologies	library	church sacred space temple museum gallery house infrastructure
Materials	glass steel	glass
Carbon signals	Steel and Glass look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette. Steel Glass	Glass look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette. Glass
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.	Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.
Accessibility	Publicly accessible	3 of 3 recorded works are publicly accessible
Related books	No linked books yet.	No linked books yet.