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Architects' Journal Working Details
Abstract
Discusses the Crystal Palace Park Café a two-storey café and community space designed to integrate seamlessly within the Grade II-listed park. Positioned to mediate between different landscape levels, it features a ground-floor café with a terrace and a first-floor community room offering 270° views of the park and lake. Clad in half-round cedar shingles, the design references the nearby Grade I-listed dinosaur sculptures, blending naturally into the surrounding greenery. Despite a limited budget, the project employed cost-effective, self-finished materials like cedar shingles and galvanized steel, ensuring durability, affordability, and minimal processing, while also improving accessibility between the park’s central axis and the lakeside path.
Subjects
- Building types
- Housing/residential facilities
Publisher History
First produced in 1895, the Architects' Journal features comprehensive building studies, and in-depth technical articles.