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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Balboa Park (San Diego, California, United States)en_US
dc.coverage.temporal1913-1914 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorGoodhue, Bertram Grosvenoren_US
dc.creatorWinslow, Carleton Monroeen_US
dc.date1913-1914en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-12-31T15:11:48Z
dc.date.available2013-12-31T15:11:48Z
dc.date.issued1913-1914en_US
dc.identifier244740en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 2936en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/153178
dc.descriptionDetail, center stucco arches and central lath arch under dome; Lily Pond in front with large leafed subtropical lilies (Nymphaea, genus Victoria); Built for the 1915-1916 Exposition, along with the adjacent Lily Pond, the historic building is one of the largest lath structures in the world. The Botanical Building plantings include more than 2,100 permanent plants including collections of cycads, ferns, orchids, other tropical plants, and palms. The first drawing for the building by Carleton M. Winslow, Goodhue's architect on site, shows another ornate Spanish-Renaissance front and lateral wings, but the end design was more simplified and functional. Steel trusses in vaults and dome support 70,000 feet of redwood lath (used to shade the plantings), which is curved to conform to the shape of the building. The Lily Pond is a result of Goodhue's exposure to reflecting pools on a trip to Persia in 1902. The structure was restored and repainted in 2002. (The dark brown color is not original). Source: San Diego History Center; https://www.sandiegohistory.org/ (accessed 7/24/2013)en_US
dc.format.mediumsteel; redwooden_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectureen_US
dc.subjectbotanicalen_US
dc.subjectGardensen_US
dc.subjectPanama-California Exposition (1915 : San Diego, Calif.)en_US
dc.subjectRestoration and conservationen_US
dc.subjectTwentieth centuryen_US
dc.titleBalboa Park; Botanical Buildingen_US
dc.title.alternativeBotanical Buildingen_US
dc.title.alternativeLath Palaceen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A2-US-SD-BP-N05en_US
vra.culturalContextAmericanen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypegreenhouseen_US
dc.contributor.displayBertram Grosvenor Goodhue (American architect, 1869-1924); Carleton Monroe Winslow (American architect, 1876-1946)en_US


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