Gridshell glazes over the past

By and Rory Olcayto Rory Olcayto2007-06-22T00:00:00

Peter Hulbert Architects’ billowing timber roof structure at Chiddingstone Orangery may recall the Weald & Downland Museum, but it takes the gridshell one step further by creating a system that structurally supports the frameless glazing.

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