{"id":240154,"date":"2010-01-28T00:26:10","date_gmt":"2010-01-28T05:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ecofriend.org\/entry\/heart-of-africa-biodome-to-offer-tropical-conditions-for-animals-in-chester-zoo\/"},"modified":"2010-01-28T00:26:10","modified_gmt":"2010-01-28T05:26:10","slug":"%e2%80%98heart-of-africa%e2%80%99-biodome-to-offer-tropical-conditions-for-animals-in-chester-zoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/240154","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Heart of Africa\u2019 biodome to offer tropical conditions for animals in Chester Zoo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/01\/28\/heart-of-africa_1_WaKc7_69.jpg\" alt=\"heart of africa_1\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Eco Factor:<\/strong> Biodome to replicate tropical conditions in the UK.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.proctorandmatthews.com\/\">Proctor and Matthews Architects<\/a> are developing a gigantic biodome in the Chester Zoo in northern England which will replicate rainforest habitats of the African Congo. Dubbed the \u201cHeart of Africa\u201d, the 112 foot-high zoological attraction will cover 172,000 square-feet.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/01\/28\/heart-of-africa_2_EsOi1_69.jpg\" alt=\"heart of africa_2\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The biodome will be home to a number of animals including gorillas and chimps and will feature a jungle canopy as well. The biodome structure will open in 2014 and will be Europe\u2019s biggest conservation and animal attraction system. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/01\/28\/heart-of-africa_3_YrHHu_69.jpg\" alt=\"heart of africa_3\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/01\/28\/heart-of-africa_4_qVQch_69.jpg\" alt=\"heart of africa_4\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/01\/28\/heart-of-africa_5_9inOk_69.jpg\" alt=\"heart of africa_5\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/01\/28\/heart-of-africa_6_YcoKC_69.jpg\" alt=\"heart of africa_6\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Via: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.inhabitat.com\/2010\/01\/27\/heart-of-africa-biodome-to-bring-tropical-rainforest-to-the-uk\/\">Inhabitat<\/a>\/<a href=\"http:\/\/archinect.com\/features\/article.php?id=95147_0_23_0_C&#038;utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+archinect+%28Archinect.com+Feed%29&#038;utm_content=Google+Reader\">Archinect<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eco Factor: Biodome to replicate tropical conditions in the UK. Proctor and Matthews Architects are developing a gigantic biodome in the Chester Zoo in northern England which will replicate rainforest habitats of the African Congo. Dubbed the \u201cHeart of Africa\u201d, the 112 foot-high zoological attraction will cover 172,000 square-feet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":229,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-240154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/229"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240154\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}