Chester Zoo, fondly remembered by me for school trips in the late fifties, is going high-tech with plans for a bio-dome bigger than the Eden Project. "The Heart of Africa" will house gorillas, chimpanzees, reptiles and insects under a full jungle canopy, in over 16,000m2. It goes for detailed planning this week, says Building Design, and could open in 2014. Architects are Proctor and Matthews, whose other work includes 'Lions of the Serengeti' at Whipsnade, and Gorilla Kingdom at London Zoo.
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