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2012 · London, England, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

13°C · 14.2h daylight · 10 km/h wind

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The Shard

London, England, United Kingdom · City-level coordinates only

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London, England, United Kingdom

Climate: 13°C · 14.2h daylight · 10 km/h wind

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Comparison

Field	The Shard 2012 · London, England, United Kingdom	Souto de Moura Arquitectos 1980 · Porto, Porto District, Portugal
Type	work	bureau
Year / years	2012	1980
Place	London, England, United Kingdom	Porto, Porto District, Portugal
Place context	London, England, United Kingdom	Representative site: Real, Dume e Semelhe, Real, Dume e Semelhe, Portugal
Climate	13°C · 14.2h daylight · 10 km/h wind	22°C · 13.6h daylight · 8 km/h wind · via Estádio Municipal de Braga
Focus	Skyscraper	3 works in corpus
Architects	No architects linked yet.	Eduardo Souto de Moura
Linked context	Bureaus No linked context yet.	Notable works Estádio Municipal de Braga Casa das Historias Paula Rego Trindade station (Porto Metro)
Typologies	skyscraper mixed-use landmark	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.