John Hope Gateway Building
Royal Botanic Garden, in Edinburgh, is the world renowned centre for understanding, protecting and preserving plants for a sustainable future. The John Hope Gateway is the entrance to the Gardens. The building houses: offices, a shop, restaurant, learning spaces and exhibition space.
The building communicates sustainability through visible renewable energy systems and through the natural timber, stone and glass that it is built from. Energy displays around the building also educate building users about energy use.