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Exterior view of the Elbphilharmonie from the harbor, showing the glass volume rising above the warehouse base.

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Elbphilharmonie

2017 · Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

Elbphilharmonie exterior view

Exterior view of the Elbphilharmonie on the Hamburg waterfront.

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Elbphilharmonie

Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany · Exact work coordinates

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ElbphilharmonieElbphilharmonie

2017 · Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

Safdie ArchitectsSafdie Architects

Singapore, Singapore

Typeworkbureau
Year / years2017Unrecorded
PlaceHamburg, Hamburg, GermanySingapore, Singapore
Place contextHamburg, Hamburg, GermanyRepresentative site: Ontario, Ontario, Canada
ClimateClimate unavailableClimate unavailable · via National Gallery of Canada
FocusConcert hall19 works in corpus
Architects
  • Jacques Herzog
  • Pierre de Meuron
  • Moshe Safdie
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Herzog & de Meuron

Notable works

  • National Gallery of Canada
  • Salt Lake City Public Library
  • Yad Vashem
  • Habitat 67
Typologies
  • concert hall
  • adaptive reuse
  • cultural building
  • museum
  • gallery
  • library
  • memorial
  • housing
  • residential complex
  • prefabrication
  • building
Materials
  • glass
  • brick
  • steel
  • concrete
  • glass
Carbon signals

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

  • Steel
  • Brick
  • Glass

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

  • Concrete
  • Glass
Lower-carbon levers
  • 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.
  • 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.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible9 of 9 recorded works are publicly accessible
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