in those regions. For example, Eden Project Morecambe has received £50m of the UK government’s Levelling Up funding and is envisaged as a major new attraction – ‘a seaside resort for the 21st century’, with Grimshaw Architects providing more of those iconic biodome pavilions filled with plants, spaces for live music, performance, learning and engagement. Dundee is also earmarked for Eden
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The Eden Project’s mission includes expansion across the UK, taking Eden Project-style experiences to other former industrial sites
Feilden Clegg Bradley having been granted planning permission. As the Eden Project’s senior arts curator Misha Curson tells me: ‘Our proposed sites are a mix of post-industrial sites that are now being reclaimed to become more biodiverse and wild sites, working in partnership with local conservation and economic opportunities. We have a matrix around how we engage. We ask: what’s possible? Where is there a need? Where can we make a difference? It also has