Shingles cloak roof of Green Ark pavilion in Belgian botanic garden

Belgian studios NU Architectuuratelier and Archipelago have created a visitor centre for the Meise Botanic Garden near Brussels that is topped by a shingle-clad vaulted roof.

The Green Ark pavilion, which contains educational spaces and a seed bank, was completed as part of the wider renovation of the botanic garden at Bouchout Castle, which contains one of the world's largest collections of endangered plant species.

It sits at the heart of the garden's 7,600-square-metre conservatory...