National Space Centre 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 opened to the public on 30 June 2001.
Christopher Porter (architect) Christopher Porter (architect) Christopher Porter (c.1801–1874) was an architect who was prominent in Geelong, Victoria in the late 1850s and 60s, and later in Brisbane, Queensland. Porter migrated to Victoria with his family in 1851, worked as an architect in Geelong and then Brisbane, where he was appointed City Surveyor, and then turned to farming. He lived in his final years at Doughboy Creek, and died in 1874, and was buried in Tingalpa Church Cemetery. He was responsible for designing the Geelong Chamber of Commerce building in Moorabool Street in 1858 (built by Boynton and Conway, demolished 1955), described as