Dale Chihuly glass installation in front of the South Australian Bicentennial Conservatory. Adelaide Botanic Garden, South Australia
The 1988 South Australian Bicentennial Conservatory. Built to the design of celebrated local architect Guy Maron.
State Heritage Place: 20996
Approved by the SA Heritage Council on 12 December 2014.
The seventh Gardens Director, Brian Morley (1981–2000) was responsible for the development of a new tropical conservatory – the Bicentennial Conservatory.
In 1985 the State Government offered the Gardens a narrow parcel of redundant Municipal Tramways Trust land to the east of the gardens. This land became the site for the conservatory. Raffen Maron Architects were engaged to design the conservatory.
The Conservatory is the largest single span conservatory in the southern hemisphere and is 100 metres long, 47 metres wide and 27 metres high. The building is steel framed in construction, incorporates 2434 m2 of toughened glass and is clad with insulated aluminium panels at its base.
The curved segmental form evolved from the requirements to need to standardise and prefabricate glazing and framing to suit timing constraints and quality control.
Ref: South Australian Heritage Council
Dale Chihuly glass installation in front of the South Australian Bicentennial Conservatory. Adelaide Botanic Garden, South Australia
The 1988 South Australian Bicentennial Conservatory. Built to the design of celebrated local architect Guy Maron.
State Heritage Place: 20996
Approved by the SA Heritage Council on 12 December 2014.
The seventh Gardens Director, Brian Morley (1981–2000) was responsible for the development of a new tropical conservatory – the Bicentennial Conservatory.
In 1985 the State Government offered the Gardens a narrow parcel of redundant Municipal Tramways Trust land to the east of the gardens. This land became the site for the conservatory. Raffen Maron Architects were engaged to design the conservatory.
The Conservatory is the largest single span conservatory in the southern hemisphere and is 100 metres long, 47 metres wide and 27 metres high. The building is steel framed in construction, incorporates 2434 m2 of toughened glass and is clad with insulated aluminium panels at its base.
The curved segmental form evolved from the requirements to need to standardise and prefabricate glazing and framing to suit timing constraints and quality control.
Ref: South Australian Heritage Council