Palace of palms : tropical dreams and the making of Kew / Kate Teltscher.

Daringly innovative when it opened in 1848, the Palm House in Kew Gardens remains one of the most beautiful glass buildings in the world today. Seemingly weightless, vast and yet light, the Palm House floats free from architectural convention, at once monumental and ethereal. From a distance, the cr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Teltscher, Kate (Author)
Language:English
Published: London : Picador, 2020.
Subjects:
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Botanical gardens > England > London > History.
Greenhouses > England > London > History.
Glass construction > England > London > History.
Palms > England > London > History.
Botanical gardens.
Glass construction.
Greenhouses.
Palms.
England > London.
Royal botanic gardens (Kew, GB) > Histoire.
Palmiers > Grande-Bretagne > Londres (GB) > Histoire.
Serres > Grande-Bretagne > Londres (GB) > Histoire.
Construction en verre > Grande-Bretagne > Londres (GB) > Histoire.
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xvii, 381 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm
Format: Book

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