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Behold: what will soon be the world’s largest tropical greenhouse under one roof. Unveiled at the 2021 Venice Architecture Biennale, the vast Tropicalia (35m tall at its highest point) is planned for Northern France’s Côte d’Opale and is set to be completed by 2024. To wit:

Tropicalia will provide a unique tropical greenhouse experience with a regular temperature of just under 80°F (26°C). It will feature both tropical plants and fauna such as fish, reptiles, birds, and butterflies. This man-made ecosystem will take up over 200,000 square feet of land and is enclosed by a massive dome.

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This afternoon.

Department of Education, Marlborough Street, Dublin 2

Taoiseach Micheál Martin at a briefing on plans to reopen schools next month.

He said a comprehensive plan will be brought to Cabinet on Monday detailing a package of measures, including…

….around the well-being of children who have been absent from classrooms for several months.

There will also be special measures for students with additional needs and plans for children and teachers with compromised immunity.

Mr Martin said: “The objective is that schools will be fully open, and to keep everyone safe.”

Now kiss his ring.

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Schools to fully reopen next month – Taoiseach (RTÉ)

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Amazon’s proposed  high rise HQ complex in the Denny Triangle of Seattle, plans for which were released this week:. Five floors of ‘flexible work space’ inside three domes capable of accommodating mature trees and ‘plants from high-elevation climates around the world.’

MORE: the full proposal as presented to a Seattle review board by the project architect NBBJ.

Amazon’s plan for giant spheres gets mixed reaction (Seattle Times)

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