Beevarian Antsel & Gretal Chalet - Cleary Gardens, London, UK
N 51° 30.697 W 000° 05.715
30U E 701555 N 5710721
This insect hotel is in Cleary Gardens in the City of London. It was the winner of "the public vote" in a competition held in 2010 and organised by the City of London and British Land.
Waymark Code: WMJ5G6
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/27/2013
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The hotel is in a quiet, shaded part of the gardens and is in a flower bed so
cannot be approached smf closer than about three metres. The design is based on
a Bavarian mountain chalet hence the name given to the hotel.
A notice close to the hotel tells us:
'Beevarian Antsel & Gretal Chalet'
by German Women in Property
Part of the 'Beyond the Hive' competition 2010 in association with City of
London & British Land.
The City of London recently teamed up with partners British Land to create
an exciting architectural competition called 'Beyond the Hive' which
celebrates 2010 being the International Year of Biodiversity.
The competition has been a great success, bringing together the skills of
the property sector, ecologists and landscape architects to design and build
luxury accommodation for key insect and invertebrate species in the City.
The design brief asked for proposals for ecologically sustainable and
creative insect habitats in the form of 'Insect Hotels'.
The entries were fantastic, and have resulted in five finalist 'Insect
Hotels' being built in June and which can be seen in public gardens around
the City.
A panel of expert judges assessed all five finalists based on environmental
responsibility, architectural design, and community involvement, and there
was also a public vote.
Arup Associates' 'The Insect Hotel' at St Dunstan's in the East was awarded
winner of the judges' vote, and 'Beevarian Antsel & Gretal Chalet' as seen
here in Cleary Garden, was the winner of the public vote.
The 'Beevarian Antsel & Gretal Chalet' insect hotel was designed by
organisation 'German Women in Property' and is based on a Bavarian mountain
chalet. It features reclaimed bricks to attract solitary bees, rotten logs
for invertebrates, louvered boxes filled with bark for hibernating
butterflies, a log drilled with holes for ladybirds and eaves filled with
bamboo for lacewings.
Inhabitat website shows a plan of the hotel.