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PROF. FAROUQ MUFTI

ARCH. AHMAD FALLATAH

Faisal Omar Badghaish 1008011

Eden Project

The Eden Project is a visitor attraction in Cornwall in the United Kingdom. Inside the artificial biomes are plants that are collected from all around the world .

Eden ProjectThe project was conceived by Tim Smit and designed by architect Nicholas Grimshaw and engineering firm Anthony Hunt and Associates. Davis Langdon carried out the project management, Sir Robert McAlpine and Alfred McAlpine did the construction .

MERO designed and built the biomes, and Arup was the services engineer, economic consultant, environmental engineer and transportation engineer.

Land Use Consultants led the masterplan and landscape design. The project took 2½ years to construct and opened to the public on 17 March 2001.

Eden Project

The complex is dominated by two huge enclosures consisting of adjoining domes that house thousands of plant species, and each enclosure emulates a natural biome. The domes consist of hundreds of hexagonal and pentagonal, inflated, plastic cells supported by steel frames. The first dome emulates a tropical environment, and the second a Mediterranean environment.

Tjibaou Cultural Center

Location Centre culturel Tjibaou, Rue des accords de Matignon, Tina

Tjibaou Cultural Center

The architectural uniqueness of the centre is to the credit of Renzo Piano, an Italian architect.The materials used in the building of the conical domes consisted of laminated wood and natural wood, concrete, coral, aluminum castings, glass panels, tree bark and stainless steel.

Tjibaou Cultural Center

Tjibaou Cultural Center

Tjibaou Cultural Center

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Established 1997

Location Los Angeles, California

Collection sizeArchitect

art museumRichard Meier

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