Great Glasshouse

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The Great Glasshouse is a landmark domed greenhouse in Wales that houses one of the world's largest collections of Mediterranean climate plants under a single-span glass structure.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf botanical glasshouse
greenhouse
landmark building
architect Norman Foster
architecturalFirm Foster and Partners
linked to: Foster + Partners
category botanical garden structure
domes in the United Kingdom
greenhouses in the United Kingdom
climateRegionRepresented California
Chile
Mediterranean Basin
South Africa
Western Australia
climateTypeHoused Mediterranean climate plants
country United Kingdom
designedFor display of Mediterranean-climate flora from around the world
function botanical research
plant conservation
public education
hasFeature controlled climate environment
panoramic internal views of plant collections
walkways among planted terraces
hasNameInEnglish Great Glasshouse
heritageStatus modern landmark of Welsh architecture
inception 1990s
languageOfName English
locatedIn National Botanic Garden of Wales
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Carmarthenshire
location Wales
materialUsed glass
steel
near Llanarthne
notableFor largest single-span great glasshouse in the world at time of opening
one of the world’s largest collections of Mediterranean climate plants under a single-span glasshouse
openingDate 2000
owner National Botanic Garden of Wales
partOf National Botanic Garden of Wales visitor attractions
roofType single-span glass structure
shape dome
structuralEngineer Anthony Hunt Associates
touristAttraction true

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National Botanic Garden of Wales hasPart Great Glasshouse
National Botanic Garden of Wales knownFor Great Glasshouse
Great Glasshouse hasNameInEnglish Great Glasshouse