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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

Santiago CalatravaSantiago Calatrava

New York, United States

Typeworkbureau
Year / years2017Unrecorded
PlaceHamburg, Hamburg, GermanyNew York, United States
Place contextHamburg, Hamburg, GermanyRepresentative site: Loiu, Loiu, Spain
Climate8°C · 14.4h daylight · 17 km/h wind20°C · 13.7h daylight · 5 km/h wind · via Bilbao Airport
FocusConcert hall47 works in corpus
Architects
  • Jacques Herzog
  • Pierre de Meuron
  • Santiago Calatrava
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Herzog & de Meuron

Notable works

  • Bilbao Airport
  • Westfield World Trade Center
  • Athens Olympic Sports Complex
  • Olympic Stadium (Athens)
Typologies
  • concert hall
  • adaptive reuse
  • cultural building
  • transport hub
  • performance venue
  • building
  • sports venue
  • infrastructure
  • tower
  • landscape
  • civic building
Materials
  • glass
  • brick
  • steel
  • steel
  • glass
  • concrete
Carbon signals

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

  • Steel
  • Brick
  • Glass

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

  • Concrete
  • Steel
  • 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.
  • 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 accessible16 of 16 recorded works are publicly accessible
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