Sheffield Winter Gardens

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Sheffield Winter Gardens

The Sheffield Winter Gardens is one of the largest temperate glasshouses to be built in the UK during the last hundred years, and the largest urban glasshouse anywhere in Europe. It is home to more than 2,000 plants from all around the world. It was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 22 May 2003. A greenhouse in Saint Paul, Minnesota. ... World map exhibiting the location of Europe. ... u fuck in ua ... Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of sixteen sovereign states, holding each crown and title equally. ... May 22 is the 142nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (143rd in leap years). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Part of the £120m Heart of the City regeneration project that has created the Peace Gardens and the £15m Millennium Galleries, the Winter Gardens were designed by Pringle Richards Sharratt Architects and Buro Happold and are some 70 metres long and 21 metres high. The Peace Gardens, before the demolishion of the eggbox Town Hall Extension The Peace Gardens are an inner city square in Sheffield, England. ... The Millennium Galleries is a new gallery opened in Sheffield City Centre located near the city library, Sheffield Hallam University, the citys theatre complex and the new Heart of the City complex. ... // View of the Great Court Buro Happold is a professional services firm providing engineering consultancy, design, planning, project management and consulting services for all aspects of buildings, infrastructure and the environment. ...

The building has background frost protection to minimum of 4 degrees Celsius and it's one of the largest Glue Laminate or 'Glulam' buildings in the UK (Glulam is made by forming and gluing strips of timber into specific shapes). The wood used is Larch, a durable timber which will, over time, turn a light silvery grey colour. The larch, derived from sustainable forests, requires no preservatives or coatings. This reduces the use of solvents and also avoids the use of chemicals that could kill the plants. It has an intelligent Building Management System which controls fans and vents to make sure the plants are cooled in summer and kept warm in winter. The system will 'learn' year-on-year. Glued laminated timber or Glulam is a structural timber product composed of several layers of dimensioned lumber glued together. ... Species About 12; see text Siberian larch Male (above) and female (below right) cones of Japanese Larch emerging in spring Larches are conifers in the genus Larix, in the family Pinaceae. ... Building Management System (BMS) is a computer software program, usually configured in a hierarchical manner, to control, monitor and manage all the equipment installed in the building. ...

The bedding plants are changed five times a year, to give a seasonal change, and all the plants are watered by hose or by watering can, as it's the only way to ensure that all the plants get the correct amount of water. Plastic hoses. ... A watering can is a portable container, usually with a handle and a spout, used to hand water plants. ...

Winter Garden Project Team

Sheffield Winter Gardens (exterior)

• Clients: Sheffield City Council
• Architects: Pringle Richards Sharratt Architects
• Project Management: Sheffield City Council
• Quantity Surveyors: Sheffield City Council
• Structural & Services Engineers: Buro Happold
• Fire and Access Consultants: Buro Happold FEDRA
• Lighting Consultants: Bartenbach LichtLabor/ Lichttechnik Martin Klingler
• Winter Garden Landscape Consultant: Weddle Landscape Design
• Planning Supervisor: Sheffield City Council
• Management Contractor: Interserve Project Services Ltd
• Plant supply, planting and aftercare: Rentokil Tropical Plants Ltd

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Partners

The Winter Garden has been funded by the funded by the Millennium Commission, Sheffield City Council and English Partnerships.

Awards won

• RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) Pro Yorkshire Award for Design & Innovation
• RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) Award [with the Millennium Galleries].
• European Federation of Interior Landscaping Groups - three gold awards^[1]
• The Variety Club of Great Britain – Best Regeneration Award
• Royal Fine Art Commission ‘Jeu D’esprit Building of the Year’ Award
• British Guild of Travel Writers – Commendation
• Civic Trust Green Flag Award^[2]
• Also instrumental in Sheffield's win in the European entente florale award 2005^[3]

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References

1. ^ Go to Town magaine
2. ^ ibid
3. ^ Entente Florale - Sheffield City Council

External links

• Winter Garden pages on Sheffield City Council's website
• Satellite photo' at Wikimapia