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2014 · Riga, Riga, Latvia

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Seed wave 63 image for the National Library of Latvia.

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National Library of Latvia

Riga, Riga, Latvia · Exact work coordinates

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Seed wave 63 image for the National Library of Latvia.

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Comparison

Field	National Library of Latvia 2014 · Riga, Riga, Latvia	Souto de Moura Arquitectos 1980 · Porto, Porto District, Portugal
Type	work	bureau
Year / years	2014	1980
Place	Riga, Riga, Latvia	Porto, Porto District, Portugal
Place context	Riga, Riga, Latvia	Representative site: Real, Dume e Semelhe, Real, Dume e Semelhe, Portugal
Climate	3°C · 14.7h daylight · 12 km/h wind	11°C · 13.6h daylight · 1 km/h wind · via Estádio Municipal de Braga
Focus	Library	3 works in corpus
Architects	Gunnar Birkerts	Eduardo Souto de Moura
Linked context	Bureaus Gunnar Birkerts	Notable works Estádio Municipal de Braga Casa das Historias Paula Rego Trindade station (Porto Metro)
Typologies	library cultural building civic building	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	Publicly accessible	2 of 2 recorded works are publicly accessible
Related books	No linked books yet.	No linked books yet.