National Space Centre Space": the anniversary of the first satellite, Sputnik. National Space Centre The National Space Centre is a museum and educational resource covering the fields of space science and astronomy, along with a space research programme in partnership with the University of Leicester. It is located on the north side the city of Leicester, England, next to the River Soar. Many of the exhibits, including upright rockets, are housed in a tower with minimal steel supports and a semi-transparent cladding of ETFE 'pillows' which has become one of Leicester's most recognisable landmarks. The building was designed by Nicholas Grimshaw, and it
National Jazz Centre legal challenge to the previous GLC grant. This challenge was appealed, but upheld. National Jazz Centre The National Jazz Centre was a project and charity set up by the Jazz Centre Society in the 1980s. The ambition was to establish a national centre for jazz in London. The project attracted £51,667 of funding from BP and The Arts Council (now known as Arts Council England); and £1,637,000 from Greater London Council as well as grants from The Pilgrim Trust and jazz enthusiasts. The site of the centre was to be on Floral Street in Covent Garden. The project was beleaguered