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Casa Curutchet

1955 · La Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

La Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

24°C · 11.1h daylight · 5 km/h wind

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Casa Curutchet

La Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina · City-level coordinates only

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Casa Curutchet

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La Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

Climate: 24°C · 11.1h daylight · 5 km/h wind

Mapping: City-level coordinates only

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Casa Curutchet

1955 · La Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

Yamasaki & AssociatesYamasaki & Associates

1949 · Detroit, Michigan, United States

Typeworkbureau
Year / years19551949
PlaceLa Plata, Buenos Aires Province, ArgentinaDetroit, Michigan, United States
Place contextLa Plata, Buenos Aires Province, ArgentinaRepresentative site: St. Louis, St. Louis, United States
Climate24°C · 11.1h daylight · 5 km/h wind19°C · 13.4h daylight · 20 km/h wind · via Pruitt–Igoe
FocusHouse-clinic24 works in corpus
Architects

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  • Minoru Yamasaki
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Notable works

  • Pruitt–Igoe
  • One Woodward Avenue
  • 1200 Fifth
  • Fairmont Century Plaza
Typologies
  • house
  • modernism
  • residential building
  • housing
  • tower
  • office
  • performance venue
  • hospitality
  • building
  • house
  • campus building
Materials
  • concrete
  • glass
  • timber
  • steel
  • glass
  • concrete
Carbon signals

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

  • Concrete
  • Glass

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.
  • 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.
  • Track sourcing, certification, and assembly logic rather than assuming timber is automatically low impact.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible5 of 5 recorded works are publicly accessible
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