Eden Project

Built in 2001, the Eden Project turned a disused Cornish claypit into a temperature-controlled environment for an entire rainforest, as well as hundreds of other plants.

The complex is dominated by 2 biomes (eco domes), constructed from tubular steel and hexagonal cladding panels made of a special plastic.

The project has brought massive economic and social changes to the region and it won the ICE Merit Award in 2002 as an outstanding example of civil engineering.

To learn more about the Eden Project click here: https://www.ice.org.uk/what-is-civil-engineering/what-do-civil-engineers-do/the-eden-project