The National Institute for Research into Aquatic Habitats has unveiled plans to build the world’s largest aquarium on the site of a disused brickworks near Ampthill and Flitwick.
The £220m Bedfordshire complex aims to become Europe’s leading research centre for conservation and biosciences.
Sir Nicholas Grimshaw will design it. He was responsible for the £80m Eden Project, in Cornwall.
References: Financial Times 16/03/05 page 4
