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How The Palm House at Kew Gardens Shared Design Similarities with The Titanic.
Sounds crazy right? How did the ill-fated RMS Titanic share anything in common with Palm House at Kew Gardens? The sweeping metal arches of the Palm House were an engineering and design anomaly in architecture at the time and began to redefine what was possible in construction with an improved understanding of metallurgy. Ironmonger RichardContinue reading “How The Palm House at Kew Gardens Shared Design Similarities with The Titanic.”
Kew Gardens to Help Protect Australias Plant Species as Part of Bushfire Relief
https://www.itv.com/news/london/2020-02-07/kew-gardens-to-help-protect-australia-s-plants-species-after-wildfires-as-part-of-uk-support-package/ The Palm House at Kew Gardens has been engineered and designed to house tropical and subtropical plant species which would not have been able to survive the English Climate. Kew Gardens has offered Australia in a time of crisis with the bushfires a place to grow rare plant species that could be wiped outContinue reading “Kew Gardens to Help Protect Australias Plant Species as Part of Bushfire Relief”
Sir David Attenborough – Palm House Royal Botanical Gardens
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by Lütjens Padmanabhan, Zurich, Switzerland, 2018 The new Building-Trade Vocational College in Zurich is designed as an emblematic public building. The main body of the building, running along the line of the street, ends at the emblematic volume of the Sports Centre, which shines out into the cityscape like an urban lighthouse. As in theContinue reading “BZZ”
The hospital Cá Granda
by Filarete, Milan, Italy, XV Century Tuscan architect Filarete’s ‘Hospital Ca Granda’ was built in the 15th Century, commissioned by the Duke of Milan, Francesco Sforza. The large, rectangular building sustains a symmetrical design, one wing dedicated to men, the other women. During this period, sickness was considered a catastrophe, lacking much medical knowledge. ItContinue reading “The hospital Cá Granda”
The Palm House – Royal Botanical Gardens- Kew, UK
Built in 1848 and designed by Richard Turner, the Palm house at Royal Botanical Gardens was constructed to grow and display a wide array of tropical palms from around the world that would have otherwise not survived in the English climate. The curved profile of the greenhouse maximises light for the plants with wrought ironContinue reading “The Palm House – Royal Botanical Gardens- Kew, UK”