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Read a small selection side by side through images, place context, climate, typology, materials, carbon signals, accessibility, and related books.

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Projects

1 selected · 1 other item held elsewhere in the compare set

Bureaus

1 selected · 1 other item held elsewhere in the compare set

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The selected works stay in sync by slot, while the pins map where they sit inside the mixed set.

Seattle Central Library in Seattle, United States

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Seattle Central Library

2004 · Seattle, Seattle, United States

Seattle Central Library image

Public Library in Seattle, Washington

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Seattle Central Library

Seattle, Seattle, United States · Exact work coordinates

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Seattle Central LibrarySeattle Central Library

2004 · Seattle, Seattle, United States

Yamasaki & AssociatesYamasaki & Associates

1949 · Detroit, Michigan, United States

Typeworkbureau
Year / years20041949
PlaceSeattle, Seattle, United StatesDetroit, Michigan, United States
Place contextSeattle, Seattle, United StatesRepresentative site: St. Louis, St. Louis, United States
Climate10°C · 13.9h daylight · 7 km/h wind10°C · 13.4h daylight · 9 km/h wind · via Pruitt–Igoe
FocusArchitecture24 works in corpus
Architects
  • Rem Koolhaas
  • Minoru Yamasaki
Linked context

Bureaus

  • OMA

Notable works

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

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

  • Steel
  • Glass

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

  • Concrete
  • Steel
  • Glass
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.
  • 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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