Editing Eden Project (section)

{{Short description|Visitor attraction in Cornwall, United Kingdom}}
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{{Infobox building
|name                = Eden Project
|image               = Eden project.JPG
|building_type       = Multiple greenhouse complex
|architectural_style = Inspired by [[James T. Baldwin]]'s Pillow Dome<ref>{{cite web |last= Baldwin |first= James T. |author-link= James T. Baldwin |title= The Pillow Dome |url= http://www.thegreencenter.net/pdf/dome1985.pdf|publisher=[[The Buckminster Fuller Institute]] |access-date= 9 February 2014 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120617025855/http://www.thegreencenter.net/pdf/dome1985.pdf |archive-date= 17 June 2012}}</ref>
|structural_system   = Steel frame and thermoplastic
|location            = [[Cornwall]], England
|completion_date     = {{start date and age|2000|05}}
|opened              = {{start date and age|2001|03|17|df=y}}
|main_contractors    =
|architect           = [[Grimshaw Architects]]
|structural_engineer = Anthony Hunt and Associates
|services_engineer   = [[Arup Group Limited|Arup]]
|coordinates         = {{Coord|50|21|43|N|4|44|41|W|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
}}
The '''Eden Project''' ({{langx|kw|Edenva}}) is a visitor attraction in [[Cornwall]], [[England]]. The project is located in a reclaimed [[china clay]] [[clay pit|pit]].<ref name="osexp1">Ordnance Survey (2005). ''OS Explorer Map 107 – Fowey, Looe & Lostwithiel''. {{ISBN|0-319-23708-7}}.</ref><ref name="Dickinson-2025-05-27">{{Cite news |last=Dickinson |first=Greg |date=2025-05-27 |title=25 years on, the Eden Project is fighting for survival |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/united-kingdom/england/cornwall/eden-project-fighting-survival/ |access-date=2025-05-27 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}</ref>

The complex is dominated by two huge enclosures consisting of adjoining domes that house thousands of plant [[species]],<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.edenproject.com/come-and-visit/whats-here/rainforest-biome/index.php | title = Rainforest Biome | publisher = Eden project | access-date = 11 October 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111024185941/http://www.edenproject.com/come-and-visit/whats-here/rainforest-biome/index.php | archive-date = 24 October 2011 | url-status = dead }}</ref> and each enclosure emulates a natural [[biome]]. The biomes consist of hundreds of [[hexagon]]al and [[pentagon]]al ethylene tetrafluoroethylene ([[ETFE]]) inflated cells supported by [[Geodesic dome|geodesic tubular steel domes]]. The larger of the two biomes simulates a [[rainforest]] environment (and is the largest indoor rainforest in the world)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Morris |first1=Steven |title=Lizards, vines, papayas: working solo in the Eden Project during lockdown |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/may/08/working-solo-in-the-eden-project-cornwall-during-coronavirus-lockdown |website=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=8 May 2020 |date=8 May 2020}}</ref> and the second, a [[Mediterranean climate|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.

There are plans to build an Eden Project North in the seaside town of [[Morecambe]], [[Lancashire]], with a focus on the marine environment.