Sheffield Winter Garden

Sheffield Winter Garden
Sheffield Winter Garden
	Sheffield skyline by night as viewed from St Paul's Tower. View includes Mercure St Pauls Hotel, Sheffield Winter Garden, The Lyceum Theatre, The Crucible Theatre. Photo taken: June 2013.
General information
Type	Greenhouse
Location	Sheffield, England
Completed	2003
Technical details
Structural system	Timber (glulam) arches
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Pringle Richards Sharratt Architects
Structural engineer	Buro Happold
Services engineer	Buro Happold
Quantity surveyor	Sheffield City Council

Sheffield Winter Garden is a large temperate

Queen Elizabeth II

on 22 May 2003.

Design and construction

Part of the £120 million

Millennium Galleries, the Winter Garden was designed by Pringle Richards Sharratt Architects and Buro Happold

and is some 70 metres (77 yd) long and 21 metres (23 yd) high.

The building has background frost protection to a minimum of 4 degrees Celsius and it is one of the largest Glued Laminated Timber 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 harm the plants.

The building 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 by year.

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 is the only way to ensure that all the plants get the correct amount of water.

Project team

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

Partners

The Winter Garden was 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^[2]
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
entente florale award 2005^[3]

References

^ "Sheffield Winter Garden". www.yorkshireguides.com. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Go to Town magazine".^{[dead link]}
^ "Entente Florale – Sheffield City Council". Archived from the original on 28 April 2006.

External links

53°22′47″N 1°28′05″W / 53.379849°N 1.467997°W / 53.379849; -1.467997

[1] "Sheffield Winter Garden". www.yorkshireguides.com. Retrieved 30 November 2022.

[gototown-2] "Go to Town magazine".^{[dead link]}

[Entente_Florale-3] "Entente Florale – Sheffield City Council". Archived from the original on 28 April 2006.

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