Client requirements
With around 2 million visitors every year, the Zoos standards were extremely high and the team at Vestra Oak were able to create a building which surpassed expectations. This project included a gatehouse at the entrance to the events area of Chester Zoo, leading through to the wedding and events venues, as well as oak elements for the stunning new wedding venue, The Square.
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The Vestra Oak solution
Made from high quality oak, the building has a luxury feel and ties in well with the surrounding listed buildings.
First impressions are important, and this gatehouse certainly delivers, with its high-end aesthetic. The combination of oak and glass is perfect for this job as creates a very stunning building, combining modern and traditional elements which is definitely worthy of note and fits into the Zoo perfectly!
The Square, Chester Zoo’s new wedding venue, has a stunning modern aesthetic, featuring oak shadowgap cladding on the exterior and grand oak trusses internally. Undoubtedly one of the more luxury places to say ‘I Do’, the Zoo has really captured the essence of Cheshire charm through the use of oak.
As seen in this project, the versatility and appeal of oak is unlimited, and oak buildings can be perfect in a wide range of outdoors applications, from private residential dining areas to wide-scale commercial oak buildings.