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With its distinct organic roof form and extensive green building strategies, the Visitor Centre is more than a landmark in the city of Vancouver; it is an international icon of sustainability. Client: Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation. Size: 19,483 square feet. Completion Date: 2011.
Feb 10, 2021 · VanDusen Botanical Garden Visitor Centre / Perkins&Will. Save. © Nic Lehoux. + 26. Curated by Paula Pintos. Share. Theme Parks, Visitor Center, Park. •. Vancouver, Canada. <?xml...
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Mar 20, 2012 · Perkins+Will ‘s VanDusen Botanical Garden Visitor Centre in Vancouver, BC is designed to meet the Living Building Challenge, the most rigorous set of requirements of...
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Located on the Garden’s prominent southeast corner, the 19,000 square foot Visitor Centre transforms the site’s entrance to heighten public awareness of the Garden, its conservation mandate, and the importance of nature. The building houses a café, library, volunteer facilities, garden shop, offices, and flexible classroom/rental spaces.
VanDusen Botanical Garden Visitor Centre. Perkins&Will as Architects. Photo: Nic Lehoux / Courtesy: Perkins+Will View Gallery. +10. Inspired by organic forms and natural systems, the VanDusen Botanical Garden Visitor Centre seeks to create a harmonious balance between architecture and landscape, from a visual and an ecological perspective.
Designed by Perkins+Will, Located in the heart of Vancouver, the VanDusen Botanical Garden Visitor Centre is inspired by the organic forms of a native orchid. Requiring extensive collaboration between the architect and the structural engineer, the project’s most innovative feature is the dramatic free-form roof structure. Courtesy of © Perkins+Will
Mar 2, 2012 · The gardens opened in 1975; in 2011, Peter Busby, Intl. Assoc. AIA, and his colleagues at Perkins+Will reinvigorated the property with a new $14.4 million (CAD) visitor center. Located on the southeastern corner of the property, the 19,000-square-foot building was designed to target the VanDusen leadership’s interest in attaining both LEED ...
