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Aquarium design

Aquarium design relates to the choices that owners, operators, developers, architects and exhibit designers make when planning and creating a new aquarium or refurbishing an existing attraction. With an aquarium, there are various elements to think about. These include the design of the building itself, the visitor experience and layout, and the animals and marine life that will feature. 

The design of aquariums is constantly evolving alongside our understanding of animals. Recent aquariums to open include Merlin’s Sea Life Aquarium in New Jersey, the National Aquarium in Abu Dhabi, Missouri’s Aquarium at the Boardwalk, the St Louis Aquarium at Union Station, and The Sea Shell in Vietnam. 

The Sea Life Aquarium offers 10 exhibits inspired by iconic landmarks in New York City and New Jersey. Highlights include an underwater tunnel filled with sharks and rays. St. Louis Aquarium, designed by PGAV Destinations, is housed within the 125-year-old Union Station and showcases its key features.

The National Aquarium at Al Qana in Abu Dhabi is the largest aquarium in the Middle East and home to 46,000 freshwater and marine creatures. The Sea Shell at VinWonders Phu Quoc is one of the largest aquariums in the world. It contains more than 20 million litres of water and was designed to offer some of the most technologically advanced aquarium facilities.

Upcoming aquarium projects include reefLIVE Aquarium in Belfast and SeaWorld Abu Dhabi. reefLIVE has been developed by a world-leading aquarium design team to an original concept by the aquarium. The first SeaWorld park outside of the US will boast the world’s largest aquarium with 25 million litres of water.

Brevard Zoo in Florida has launched a $100 million campaign to fund the construction of a second campus that includes an aquarium. The Singapore Oceanarium project is a rebranding of the S.E.A. Aquarium. It is designed to be three times the size of the existing aquarium.

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