
THE BEGINNING OF THE 21ST CENTURYIV
BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN
BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN ENTRANCE
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Poulin + Morris Inc. (est. 1989)
New York, New York, USA
Ennead Architects (formerly Polshek Partnership;
est. 1963), Architects
New York, New York, USA
2008
From the top of its 50-foot- (15.2 m) high,
green-tinted, cast-glass cone, down to the
embracing arms of its stainless steel–sheathed,
leaf-patterned walls, the Eastern Parkway
entrance at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden links
52 acres (21 ha) of theme spaces, including
the Japanese Hill and Pond, an herb garden, a
fragrance garden, and 12,000 varieties of plants
harbored inside with ...