Eden Project two biomes simulates a rainforest environment and the second, a Mediterranean environment. The attraction also has an outside botanical garden which is home to many plants and wildlife native to Cornwall and the UK in general; it also has many plants that provide an important and interesting backstory, for example, those with a prehistoric heritage. The project was conceived by Tim Smit and designed by architect Nicholas Grimshaw and engineering firm Anthony Hunt and Associates (now part of Sinclair Knight Merz). Davis Langdon carried out the project management, Sir Robert McAlpine and Alfred McAlpine did the construction, MERO designed and
National Jazz Centre 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 by problems in terms of financial management, with Westminster City Council launching a