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Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Alexandria, Egypt

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Bibliotheca Alexandrina

2002 · Alexandria, Alexandria Governorate, Egypt

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Seed wave 34 image for Bibliotheca Alexandrina.

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Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Alexandria, Alexandria Governorate, Egypt · Exact work coordinates

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Bibliotheca AlexandrinaBibliotheca Alexandrina

2002 · Alexandria, Alexandria Governorate, Egypt

Renzo Piano Building WorkshopRenzo Piano Building Workshop

San Francisco, California, United States

Typeworkbureau
Year / years2002Unrecorded
PlaceAlexandria, Alexandria Governorate, EgyptSan Francisco, California, United States
Place contextAlexandria, Alexandria Governorate, EgyptRepresentative site: Chicago, Chicago, United States
Climate18°C · 13.1h daylight · 9 km/h wind8°C · 13.6h daylight · 18 km/h wind · via Art Institute of Chicago
FocusLibrary52 works in corpus
Architects
  • Kjetil Trædal Thorsen
  • Renzo Piano
  • Renzo Piano Building Workshop
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Snøhetta

Notable works

  • Art Institute of Chicago
  • Harvard Art Museums
  • High Museum of Art
  • NEMO (museum)
Typologies
  • library
  • cultural center
  • civic building
  • museum
  • landscape
  • education
  • campus building
  • house
  • cultural
  • cultural center
  • infrastructures
Materials
  • granite
  • glass
  • concrete
  • aluminum
  • stone
  • timber
  • steel
  • glass
  • concrete
Carbon signals

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

  • Concrete
  • Glass
  • Stone

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

  • Aluminum
  • Concrete
  • Steel
Lower-carbon levers
  • Look for lower-clinker mixes, reused structure, and scope reductions before fine-grained product swaps.
  • 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.
  • Focus on recycled content, lighter assemblies, and careful facade-specification choices.
  • 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.
  • Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible27 of 27 recorded works are publicly accessible
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