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Palm House
Kew Royal Botanical Gardens
London ENG United Kingdom
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| Status: | built | | Construction Dates | | Began | 1845 | | Finished | 1847 | | Floor Count | 1 |
|  | | Building Uses | | - garden | | Structural Types | | - lowrise | | - atrium | | Architectural Style | | - structural expressionism | | Materials | | - glass | | - steel |
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| | Heights | | Value | | Source / Comments | | | | Roof | | 66 ft | | | | | 66 feet | | |
Description
Decimus Burton designed this glass and iron greenhouse, a precedessor to the Crystal Palace built a few years later.
During the 1980s, Palm House underwent a major restoration, during which many of the parts were replaced with modern day reproductions.
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Drawing by A Twu
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