After hosting numerous memorable sporting events during its 40-year history, the Carrier Dome achieved a landmark of its own with the replacement of its original air-supported roof—the last of its kind in the U.S.
Complicating inherent challenges of renovating the central dome atop the botanical garden’s Palms of the World Gallery of the 55,000-sq-ft conservatory, built in 1902, was the need to maintain ideal interior climate conditions for its tropical plant collection during the year-long construction phase.
