Originally commissioned and designed for the 2015 Milan Expo as the centrepiece of the UK pavilion, the structure went on to win the Gold Medal at the event. Composed of nearly 170,000 pieces of ...

The Hive, an installation from sculptor Wolfgang Buttress that is made from 170,000 pieces of aluminum formed into a 17-m (56 ft) tall lattice resembling an enormous swarm of bees, is coming to London ...

"We are truly delighted to announce The Hive's move to Kew, both for its magnificent aesthetic appeal and for the resonance it has with our work – I can think of no better home for this remarkable ...

I’m peering nervously into the hive: about 40,000 bees are clambering all over it. They are in a calm mood today, says Llyr Jones, a volunteer at London’s Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew. You know ...

First installed at the world expo last spring, the multi-award-winning Hive was disassembled at the end of the event and moved to the Kew Gardens, where it was reassembled as the UK’s first-ever ...

LONDON — It was a steamy day in August when I spotted what resembled a distant cloud of swarming bees, hovering over Kew Gardens. Looking back, it seems more like it was a mirage, shimmering in the ...

Addressing the World’s Fair theme of “Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life,” Buttress set out to highlight the plight of the honeybee and the vital role of pollination for the world’s food supply by ...

BDP and Wolfgang Buttress’ pavilion, The Hive, has been awarded the 2016 Landscape Institute Award for Best Design for a Temporary Landscape as part of their 2016 awards program. Judges for the award ...

If you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to stand in the middle of an active beehive, you might want to put this giant sculpture in London on your to-do list. The Hive is an installation by ...