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Middleton Botanical Gardens
National Botanic Garden of Wales [Gardd Fotaneg Genedlaethol Cymru] |
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CONTEXT |
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DESCRIPTION |
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LOCATION |
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| Continent |
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Europe |
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 United Kingdom |
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 Wales |
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Carmarthenshire/Sir Gaerfyrddin |
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Llanarthne |
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Middleton Hall |
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Middleton Hall, Llanarthne, Carmarthenshire, SA32 8HG
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MAP |
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TYPOLOGY |
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ARCHITECTURE | Architecture of parklands and water
Greenhouses
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LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS | Landscape architecture
Botanical gardens
Private parks
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CHRONOLOGY |
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Project |
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1995
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Realisation |
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2000 |
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BIBILIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES |
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| "National Botanic Garden of Wales, interior spaces of the Great Glass House, Llanarthney, 1999", A+U. Architecture and Urbanisme 543, december 2015 [Expressions of landscape: Kathryn Gustafson], pp. 110-115 |
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| Deborah Snoonian, "Structural engineers build a virtual 3D model of Norman Foster's Glass House in Wales", Architectural Record 5/2002, may 2002, p. 293 |
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| Richard Weston, "Between a dome and a soft place", Touchstone 8, autumn 2000, pp. 12-19 |
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| Giuseppe Zampieri, "Foster in Gran Bretagna / Foster in Britain", Domus 825, aprile/april 2000, "Itinerario/Itinerary 166" n. 15 (pp. 120-128) |
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| Steve Lillie, "Dome is where the art is as concrete meets a challenge", Concrete Quarterly 188, autumn 1998, p. 5 |
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| Norman Foster, "Botany 2000. The National Botanic Garden of Wales, Middleton Hall", Landscape Design 270, may 1988 [Millennium projects review], pp. 48-51 |
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| National Botanic Garden of Wales |
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DIMENSIONAL
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STRUCTURES |
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LANDSCAPE DESIGN |
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Gustafson Porter
Colvin and Moggridge |
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STAFF |
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CREDITS |
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Photos © Nigel Young | Foster + Partners
Drawings © Norman Foster, Foster + Partners
Courtesy of Foster + Partners
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