The History of Plants Glasshouse at the Jardin des Plantes, Paris

One of the two square pavilions Charles Rohault de Fleury, the Muséum's architect, built in 1834 and 1836 for the Jardin des Plantes in Paris. Raised on a stone terrace, it was once the Australian glasshouse and now tells the story of how plants evolved, as part of the Grandes Serres; its twin, once the Mexican glasshouse, holds the flora of New Caledonia. The houses reopened in 2010 after renovation, and the dark green iron frame against the old stonework makes them the most Parisian-looking glasshouses here.