Question: How do you build a garden in the desert that doesn't just survive, but thrives?

Picture this: 495 hectares of semi-arid land, 35km from Muscat, backed by the Al Hajar Mountains. Not exactly prime real estate for a botanical garden. But that's where things get interesting: The Oman Botanic Gardens.

Matthew Utley from Grimshaw Architects will walk us through how his team, working with Arup and Haley Sharpe Design, engineered this ambitious project against the backdrop of the Al Hajar Mountains. Think eight distinct habitats in a place where most plants wouldn't last a week.