Early in the design process, Arad was teamed with the landscape architect Peter Walker, who shares his minimalist sensibility, and they have made the space around the two footprints a handsome and restrained civic square, with oak trees, benches, and light poles giving the place a kind of quiet, firm order.

NEWYORKER: Shaping The Void

From inspiring Newton's theory of gravity to the wassail ceremonies that drive evil spirits from the trees each January, the orchard has long been a place of quiet contemplation and a very British kind of magic.

BBC: England's West Country: Still the apple of our eye

It is a gadget that will keep them quiet and occupied on long car rides, but it is not the kind of thing we can play together.

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