The New York Botanical Garden - Visitor Center

Project Title: New York Botanical Garden Visitor Center
Project Location: Bronx, NY
Size: 20,700 SF
Date Started: July 2002
Date of Completion: January 2004
Architect: H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture LLC
Owner: The New York Botanical Garden

The completed Visitor Center at The New York Botanical Garden is a stunning addition to one of New York City's great cultural landmarks.

The Visitor Center acts as a grand entrance to the Botanical Gardens, and provides an entry loggia, café building, retail space, as well as restrooms.  The design of the three one-story buildings offers an area of 20,700 square feet.  These structures provide a simple but bold effect: arched glu-lam wood beams follow the contours of the clamshell roofs, supported by exposed vertical structural steel members. 

The Visitor Center was declared winner of the GBC “Build NY Award” for 2004 and New York Construction 's “Best of ‘04” award in the cultural category.