{"id":4050,"date":"2019-03-15T10:10:33","date_gmt":"2019-03-15T10:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/?p=4050"},"modified":"2019-03-15T10:10:33","modified_gmt":"2019-03-15T10:10:33","slug":"plans-in-for-70m-edinburgh-botanic-garden-revamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/plans-in-for-70m-edinburgh-botanic-garden-revamp\/","title":{"rendered":"Plans in for \u00a370m Edinburgh botanic garden revamp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Plans have been submitted for the \u00a370m restoration and redevelopment of the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh.<\/p>\n<p>The ambitious project, which still needs to secure full funding, includes a\u00a0new glasshouse, costing around \u00a37.5m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\n<div class=\"ad-mpu ad-mpu-inline\">\n<div class=\"sleeve\"><a data-ad-id=\"161795\" href=\"http:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/constructionenquirer\/adclick.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fconcreteshow.co.uk%2F%3Futm_source%3Dconstruction-enquirer%26utm_medium%3Dbanner%26utm_campaign%3Dconstructionenq-ads\" onclick=\"track_ad_click(this);\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ukcs 320x260 2019 NEW 2S.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>This will provide the entry point to a considerably rejuvenated glasshouse experience, taking visitors through refurbished A-Listed modernist Front Range and Victorian Temperate and Tropical Palm Houses.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_303234\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Glasshouse-Endinburgh-botanic-gardens-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-303234 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Glasshouse-Endinburgh-botanic-gardens-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1952\" height=\"1294\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The new glasshouse has been designed by Dundee architect Nicoll Russell Studios<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The new biodome will initially be used as a temporary home for plants being decanted from the Garden\u2019s public and research houses during the seven-year project.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\n<div class=\"ad-mpu ad-mpu-inline\">\n<div class=\"sleeve\"><a data-ad-id=\"120377\" href=\"http:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/constructionenquirer\/adclick.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.palmersgroup.co.uk%3Futm_source%3Dconstruction-enquirer%26utm_medium%3Dbanner%26utm_campaign%3Dconstructionenq-ads\" onclick=\"track_ad_click(this);\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/CE_PALMERS-MPU_JAN19.gif\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Simon Milne, Regius Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, said: \u201cEdinburgh Biomes is potentially the most significant project in the Garden\u2019s history and can firmly consolidate our ranking as one of the top four Botanical Gardens in the world. At its centre, this magnificent new glasshouse has the stature to become our iconic building of the 21<sup>st<\/sup> century.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The proposed first phase of the Edinburgh Biomes plan involves the creation of a new energy centre to reduce the carbon footprint of the Glasshouses by 12%.<\/p>\n<p>A new plant health suite will also replace existing, aging\u00a0facilities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\n<div class=\"ad-mpu ad-mpu-inline\">\n<div class=\"sleeve\"><a data-ad-id=\"164828\" href=\"http:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/constructionenquirer\/adclick.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.biositesystems.com%2Fconstruction-workforce-difficulties-post-brexit%2F%3Futm_source%3Dconstruction-enquirer%26utm_medium%3Dbanner%26utm_campaign%3Dconstructionenq-ads\" onclick=\"track_ad_click(this);\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/059.1-MPU-300x250 (1).gif\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">\n<div class=\"ad-mpu ad-mpu-inline\">\n<div class=\"sleeve\"><a data-ad-id=\"163817\" href=\"http:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/constructionenquirer\/adclick.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.constructionenquirer.com%2Fdirectory%2F%3Futm_source%3Dconstruction-enquirer%26utm_medium%3Dbanner%26utm_campaign%3Dconstructionenq-ads\" onclick=\"track_ad_click(this);\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/enquirer_directory_mpu.gif\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>from Construction Enquirer https:\/\/ift.tt\/2HkqB97<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plans have been submitted for the \u00a370m restoration and redevelopment of the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh. The ambitious project, which still needs to secure full funding, includes a\u00a0new glasshouse, costing around \u00a37.5m. This will provide the entry point to a considerably rejuvenated glasshouse experience, taking visitors through refurbished A-Listed modernist Front Range and Victorian [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":155,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-4050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-construction-enquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4050"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4050\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4051,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4050\/revisions\/4051"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}