The National Space Centre
Located next to the River Soar on the north side of Leicester, the National Space Centre is a museum that focuses on the fields of astronomy and space science. It is also home to a space research program, which is conducted in association with the local University of Leicester. The building itself is a unique tower that contains minimal steel supports, instead using a semi-transparent cladding of ethylene tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE) plastic ‘pillows’, which has made the building one of the most instantly recognisable in the area. The building itself was…
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