Royal Botanical Gardens Rock Garden Visitor Centre

Burlington
,
Canada

The new Royal Botanical Gardens Rock Garden Visitor Centre, designed to hold up to 150 patrons for weddings and other special occasions, features a glue laminated timber roof system inspired by the natural form of a leaf.

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Owner: Royal Botanical Gardens 

Architects: CS&P Architects Inc. 

Structural Engineers: WSP

General Contractor: Ira McDonald Construction Limited 

Steel Fabricator: Aldershot Structural (1986) Limited

Royal Botanical Gardens Rock Garden Visitor Centre
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Royal Botanical Gardens Rock Garden Visitor Centre
The timber roof is supported on architecturally exposed hollow structural section (HSS) columns fitted with CAST CONNEX^® Universal Pin Connectors™ + Architectural Tapers™.
Royal Botanical Gardens Rock Garden Visitor Centre
The connectors cause the columns to have a slenderer appearance.
Royal Botanical Gardens Rock Garden Visitor Centre

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