Invisible Studio were commissioned to build 2 new buildings comprising their new tree management centre ? which is a Machinery Store and a Welfare Facility for the Tree Team. We particularly wanted to use the timber from the arboretum ? as the client had an extraordinary resource which they hadn?t exploited previously for building. As a result, all the timber was grown and milled on site, and used untreated for the construction with no further processing.

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Architects: Invisible Studio

Location: The National Arboretum, Westonbirt, Tetbury, Gloucestershire GL8 8QS, UK

Engineer: Buro Happold

Project Year: 2015

Photographs: Courtesy of Invisible Studio
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From the architect. Invisible Studio were commissioned to build 2 new buildings comprising their new tree management centre ? which is a Machinery Store and a Welfare Facility for the Tree Team. We particularly wanted to use the timber from the arboretum ? as the client had an extraordinary resource which they hadn?t exploited previously for building. As a result, all the timber was grown and milled on site, and used untreated for the construction with no further processing.

Courtesy of Invisible Studio

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