Atelier Garden Houses
The founder of Hartley Botanic Vincent Hartley was a revolutionary engineer who was inspired by Sir Joseph Paxton’s crystal palace. It was from this inspiration that led him to create the glasshouse of the century. In 1937 he patented and created his original aluminium glasshouse which excelled over previous Victorian wood or wrought forerunners. Hartley’s creations can now be seen throughout the United Kingdom in places such as Hampton court place to Glasgow Botanic Gardens.
Vincent Hartley’s philosophy was one that led to the foundation of Apropos Tectonic. Apropos specialised in bespoke aluminium creations that create garden houses, a contemporary extensions of modern homes. In 1999 Gabriel Ash was added to Hartley’s ever expanding portfolio of companies specialising in creating cedar greenhouses which were a blend of modern technology and tradition far more superior than the rest in that market. Adding Gabriel Ash to his portfolio meant that Hartley was not only expanding his original aluminium and glass developments but expanding into red cedar development structures.
Gabriel Ash products have earned a world famous reputation for horticultural excellence that they are all endorsed by The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS).
Atelier was commissioned by Apropos to go to the next level in the design and construction of exclusive garden office range and garden studios. Atelier garden houses are structures designed and built to the highest standards that use state of the art design, manufacturing and material technologies to achieve extraordinary architecture.
Atelier formed links with the Salford University school of built environment through the Knowledge Transfer partnership. The partnership uses graduates to form a link between academic knowledge and industry knowledge, which in turn provides employment for graduates, industry knowledge for the university and its students and endless resources for the employer.
