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Markham Civic Centre in Markham, Canada

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Markham Civic Centre

1990 · Markham, Markham, Canada

Markham Civic Centre image

City hall in Ontario, Canada

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Markham Civic Centre

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Markham Civic CentreMarkham Civic Centre

1990 · Markham, Markham, Canada

Renzo Piano Building WorkshopRenzo Piano Building Workshop

San Francisco, California, United States

Typeworkbureau
Year / years1990Unrecorded
PlaceMarkham, Markham, CanadaSan Francisco, California, United States
Place contextMarkham, Markham, CanadaRepresentative site: Chicago, Chicago, United States
ClimateClimate unavailable9°C · 13.5h daylight · 21 km/h wind · via Art Institute of Chicago
FocusCivic building52 works in corpus
Architects
  • Arthur Erickson
  • Renzo Piano
  • Renzo Piano Building Workshop
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Arthur Erickson Architects

Notable works

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

Brick and Glass look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Brick
  • Glass

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

  • Aluminum
  • Concrete
  • Steel
Lower-carbon levers
  • 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.
  • 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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