ArchitectureWeek Notes No. 309

Thu Oct 26 12:13:40 PDT 2006

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LONDON ALPINE
    by Don Barker
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	Continuing a tradition of innovative structures at the
	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in West London is the new
	Davies Alpine House by Wilkinson Eyre Architects. It is
	the first glasshouse to be constructed at the World
	Heritage Site for over 20 years and is a showcase of
	design and engineering, specially conditioned to
	support an alpine ecology.

	The building is much smaller than its famous neighbor,
	the Palm House, but this in no way detracts from the
	Alpine House's uniqueness and beauty. Wilkinson Eyre
	were asked to design the new structure after having
	been involved with a Site Development Plan for Kew
	Gardens over the past several years.

	The structure that had previously housed the garden's
	alpine plant collection, although open to the public,
	was poorly located, nearly hidden behind research
	laboratories and back-of-house nurseries. It was also
	ill-equipped for the technical growing requirements of
	alpine plants and during the summer could reach over
	100 degrees Fahrenheit (40 Centigrade).

	Alpine plants require special conditions, simulating
	the bright, dry climate of their native environment.
	Alpine species grow above tree line on mountain ranges
	throughout the world, from the arctic to the tropics.
	Their sensitivity to climate change puts them at risk
	in the wild and makes them a challenge to cultivate.
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Richard Rogers Stirling Prize
    by ArchitectureWeek
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	The prestigious Stirling Prize has been awarded to the
	Barajas Airport in Madrid, designed by Richard Rogers
	Partnership in association with Estudio Lamela
	Arquitectos.
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Configuring Kew
    by Don Barker
    http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2006/1025/culture_1-1.html

	Since gaining World Heritage Site status in 2003, the
	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, on the outskirts of West
	London, has seen several additions to its building
	stock. This work is part of a 30-year master plan for
	the garden to guide the historic site's future
	development.
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	in Florence, Italy wrote: "I maintain that a good
	structural organism worked out passionately in detail
	and in general appearance is essential to good
	architecture, structural architecture leads to that
	synthesis of static-aesthetic activity, technical
	knowledge, and mastery of execution which produced the
	masterpieces of the past." Who was the designer?
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