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Seattle Central Library in Seattle, United States
Seattle Central Library

2004 · Seattle, Seattle, United States

Seattle Central Library image

Public Library in Seattle, Washington

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Seattle Central Library

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Seattle Central LibrarySeattle Central Library

2004 · Seattle, Seattle, United States

Skidmore, Owings & MerrillSkidmore, Owings & Merrill

Oakland, California, United States

Typeworkbureau
Year / years2004Unrecorded
PlaceSeattle, Seattle, United StatesOakland, California, United States
Place contextSeattle, Seattle, United StatesRepresentative site: Chicago, Chicago, United States
Climate11°C · 13.9h daylight · 11 km/h wind1°C · 13.6h daylight · 6 km/h wind · via Harold L. Ickes Homes
FocusArchitecture23 works in corpus
Architects
  • Rem Koolhaas
  • Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Linked context

Bureaus

  • OMA

Notable works

  • Harold L. Ickes Homes
  • Hilton Istanbul Bosphorus
  • Inland Steel Building
  • One City Centre (Houston)
Typologies
  • library
  • housing
  • landscape
  • performance venue
  • hospitality
  • tower
  • office
  • education
  • campus building
Materials
  • glass
  • steel
  • glass
  • steel
  • concrete
  • timber
  • stone
  • brick
  • wood
Carbon signals

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

  • Steel
  • Glass

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

  • Concrete
  • Steel
  • Brick
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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible9 of 9 recorded works are publicly accessible
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