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2004 · Schwabing-Freimann, Schwabing-Freimann, Germany

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Twin tower office skyscraper complex completed in 2004 in Munich, Germany

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Schwabing-Freimann, Schwabing-Freimann, Germany · Exact work coordinates

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Twin tower office skyscraper complex completed in 2004 in Munich, Germany

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Field	Highlight Towers 2004 · Schwabing-Freimann, Schwabing-Freimann, Germany	Souto de Moura Arquitectos 1980 · Porto, Porto District, Portugal
Type	work	bureau
Year / years	2004	1980
Place	Schwabing-Freimann, Schwabing-Freimann, Germany	Porto, Porto District, Portugal
Place context	Schwabing-Freimann, Schwabing-Freimann, Germany	Representative site: Real, Dume e Semelhe, Real, Dume e Semelhe, Portugal
Climate	4°C · 14.1h daylight · 8 km/h wind	13°C · 13.7h daylight · 3 km/h wind · via Estádio Municipal de Braga
Focus	Office building	3 works in corpus
Architects	Helmut Jahn	Eduardo Souto de Moura
Linked context	Bureaus Murphy/Jahn	Notable works Estádio Municipal de Braga Casa das Historias Paula Rego Trindade station (Porto Metro)
Typologies	tower hospitality office	sports venue museum art museum cultural building civic building
Materials	glass steel	concrete
Carbon signals	Steel and Glass look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette. Steel Glass	Concrete look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette. Concrete
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.
Accessibility	Access not recorded	2 of 2 recorded works are publicly accessible
Related books	No linked books yet.	No linked books yet.