Project Name

Brooklyn Botanic Garden Visitor Center

Files

Project Location

Brooklyn, New York, United States

Year of Completion

2012

Project Architect

Weiss/Manfredi

Owner

New York City

Student Author

Katie Yinger

Archived Year

8-1-2013

Climate

Humid Subtropical

Application

Roof

Material and its Properties

Architectural cast-in-place concrete; curtain wall of custom-fritted insulated glass and aluminum; canopy of custom-fritted laminated glass and stainless steel, architectural exposed structural steel, custom copper roof, green roof, wood paneling milled from ginkgo trees harvested on-site; specialty acoustic ceiling and wall panels

Other Sources

Architect website: http://www.weissmanfredi.com/Manufacturer website: http://www.wai.com/

Environmental Response

Weathering

Recommended Citation

Weiss/Manfredi, "Brooklyn Botanic Garden Visitor Center" (2012). Building Case Studies. 14.
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/bcs/14