Savill Building, Savill Gardens, Windsor

| 5 April, 2007 | Architectural Photography, Interior Photography

Savill Building, Savill Gardens, Windsor

| 5 April, 2007 | Architectural Photography, Interior Photography

Savill Building, Savill Gardens, Windsor Great Park | Architecture Photographers
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Visitor Centre
Architecture
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The Savill Building is a visitor centre for the Savill Gardens in Windsor Great Park designed by Glenn Howells Architects | Architecture Photographers

The Savill Building is an oak and larch column-free structure 120m by 30m – the largest in the UK containing retail areas, cafe, greenhouse, lecture hall and outdoor nursery area.  The unique gridshell roof is a sinusoidal, double curved structure with three 10m high domes inspired by the shape of a leaf.
Savill Building Roof Curvature Detail, Savill Garden, Windsor Great Park | Architecture Photographers
Savill Building Roof Detail, Savill Garden, Windsor Great Park | Architecture Photographers

Roof and Peripheral Ring Beam Detail, The Savill Building, Windsor Great Park | Architecture Photographers

Savill Building Roof Ring Beam Detail, Savill Garden, Windsor Great Park | Architecture Photographers
The unique ‘gridshell’ roof is supported by a circular section ring beam that encircles the structure and is supported by unobtrusive exterior steel legs.

Glenn Howell collaborated with Buro Happold, Robert Haskins Waters Engineers, The Green Oak Carpentry Company and Inwood Developments to design and construct the building and especially the amazing roof.

A grid of larch using over 20 kilometres of timber, felled from sustainable forests on the estate, was used to create the roof.

The structural layer is then covered in aluminum, insulation and finally an oak rainscreen to shed water | Architecture Photographers

Savill Building Roof Detail, Savill Garden, Windsor Great Park | Architecture Photographers

Sinusoidal Roof Design, The Savill Building, Windsor Great Park | Architecture Photographers

Savill Building Interior, Windsor Great Park | Architectural Photographer London | Location Photographer
Savill Building Roof Detail, Windsor Great Park | Architectural Photographer London | Location Photographer

Undulating Roof Detail, The Savill Building, Windsor Great Park | Architecture Photographers

Savill Building Roof Detail, Windsor Great Park | Architecture Photographers | Location Photographer

The Savill Building Oak Rainscreen Roof Detail, Windsor Great Park

Undulating larch gridshell roof, Savill Building, Savill Gardens, Windsor | Architecture Photographers | Interior Photographer

Savill Building roof interior detail | Architecture Photographers

Savill Building Larch Gridshell Roof Detail, Savill Building, Savill Gardens, Windsor | Architecture Photographers
Savill Building Retail Area, Savill Building, Savill Gardens, Windsor | Architecture Photographers

The Savill Building Retail Area, Windsor Great Park | Architecture Photographers

Savill Building Entrance Area, Windsor Great Park | Architecture Photographers
Savill Building Entrance Area, Windsor Great Park | Architecture Photographers

The Savill Building Entrance Area, Windsor Great Park | Architecture Photographers

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