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Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Alexandria, Egypt
Bibliotheca Alexandrina

2002 · Alexandria, Alexandria Governorate, Egypt

Bibliotheca Alexandrina image

Seed wave 34 image for Bibliotheca Alexandrina.

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Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Alexandria, Alexandria Governorate, Egypt · Exact work coordinates

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Bibliotheca AlexandrinaBibliotheca Alexandrina

2002 · Alexandria, Alexandria Governorate, Egypt

Taller de Arquitectura XTaller de Arquitectura X

1981 · Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico

Typeworkbureau
Year / years20021981
PlaceAlexandria, Alexandria Governorate, EgyptMexico City, Mexico City, Mexico
Place contextAlexandria, Alexandria Governorate, EgyptRepresentative site: Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico
Climate17°C · 13.2h daylight · 2 km/h wind16°C · 12.7h daylight · 6 km/h wind · via Kurimanzutto
FocusLibrary2 works in corpus
Architects
  • Kjetil Trædal Thorsen
  • Alberto Kalach
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Snøhetta

Notable works

  • Kurimanzutto
  • Biblioteca Vasconcelos
Typologies
  • library
  • cultural center
  • civic building
  • gallery
  • house
  • library
  • cultural building
  • public building
Materials
  • granite
  • glass
  • concrete
  • steel
  • glass
  • concrete
Carbon signals

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

  • Concrete
  • Glass
  • Stone

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

  • Concrete
  • Steel
  • Glass
Lower-carbon levers
  • Look for lower-clinker mixes, reused structure, and scope reductions before fine-grained product swaps.
  • Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.
  • Check source geography, fabrication intensity, and whether stone is structural, cladding, or finish-only.
  • 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 accessible2 of 2 recorded works are publicly accessible
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