2024-11-16T00:46:01-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150454438/longwood-gardens-shares-sneak-preview-ahead-longwood-reimagined-opening Josh Niland 2024-11-15T17:18:00-05:00 >2024-11-15T17:25:13-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/d5/d571bf77192c3562df448cdc21a7d051.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>With the final stage of a multiyear revitalization now completed, Pennsylvania&rsquo;s Longwood Gardens horticultural center has announced its official reopening date will be November 22nd, 2024. This concludes the work performed by <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/42675/weiss-manfredi" target="_blank">Weiss/Manfredi</a> in collaboration with&nbsp;<a href="https://archinect.com/reedhilderbrand" target="_blank">Reed Hilderbrand</a>. The project cost for Longwood Reimagined was approximately $250 million.&nbsp;</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/18/184ff2213e8df7fed3ef12d91d71af48.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/18/184ff2213e8df7fed3ef12d91d71af48.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Interior View, West Conservatory. mage by Sahar Coston-Hardy/Esto. Courtesy of Longwood Gardens.</figcaption></figure><p>Work on the 17-acre expansion culminated with the addition of a new 32,000-square-foot glass greenhouse designed by Weiss/Manfredi that houses the immersive Mediterranean garden creation from Reed Hilderbrand, serviced by a network of 128 geothermal wells which are connected to a ground-level heat exchanger.&nbsp;<br></p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/f0/f02bda2bb27e863a90f120763e97c32a.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/f0/f02bda2bb27e863a90f120763e97c32a.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>nterior View, West Conservatory. Image by Ngoc Minh Ngo. Courtesy of Reed Hilderbrand.</figcaption></figure><p>Beyond that is a brand new structure called&nbsp;The Grove that was made to host Longwood Gardens' education and administrative operations. Another impor...</p>