Original upload date: Mon, 01 Feb 2016 00:00:00 GMT
Archive date: Thu, 02 Dec 2021 21:00:09 GMT
Denver Botanic Gardens’ Boettcher Memorial Conservatory was completed in 1966. The building has been a midcentury architectural landmark for 50 years. Designed by architects Victor Hornbein and Ed Whi
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te, the 11,500 square foot building took two years to build and is the only conservatory in the country made of cast-in-place concrete. Even before its completion, the building won international recognition for its unique design and unusual structure.
More than 600 species and varieties of tropical plants are displayed. Midway on a circular path is a fabricated two-story banyan tree that offers a multi-layered view of the indoor tropical forest. The tropical terrain includes pools, waterfalls and resident ducks.
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