🇸🇪Sweden·Open to the public

Edvard Anderssons växthus

Bergianska trädgården, Stockholm

Year
1995
Architect
Per-Rune Semrén
Style
Contemporary steel-and-glass architecture, distinct climate pavilions
Dimensions
3,000 m² total, 1,600 m² open to the public, 14 m ceiling height
« Glass walls that seem to float above five Mediterranean climates. »

Inaugurated on June 7, 1995, by King Carl XVI Gustaf, this greenhouse complex designed by architect Per-Rune Semrén takes its name from a bequest by glass wholesaler and botany enthusiast Edvard Andersson. Across 3,000 m², of which 1,600 m² are open to the public, with a ceiling height reaching 14 meters, the vast glass panels rest on a steel framework that gives them an appearance of floating lightness. The building recreates five Mediterranean-type climate zones from around the world and houses about 6,000 plant species; its technical achievement earned it the European Steel Design Award in the very year it opened.

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