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RLSD Architectural Impact Across the UK<br />
Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff<br />
The Wales Millennium Centre is a national<br />
centre for performing arts. The architect’s<br />
concept of the building was to design<br />
a structure that expressed “Welshness”<br />
and that was instantly recognisable and<br />
distinctive across Europe.<br />
The building was designed to reflect the<br />
many different parts of Wales with local<br />
Welsh materials that dominate its history;<br />
slate, metal, wood and glass. With Ribdeck<br />
80 being produced in a factory just 15 miles from the Millennium Centre the specification<br />
of this profile went some way to further enhancing the building’s “Welshness”.<br />
As a performing arts centre, clearly the acoustics of the building would play an integral<br />
part in its success as a venue – the specification of Ribdeck 80 allows the internal<br />
structure to be acoustically isolated from the main frame, with additional decking<br />
used in the roof to shield aircraft noise.<br />
Location: Cardiff Bay,<br />
Cardiff, Wales<br />
Status: Complete<br />
Completion Date: 2004<br />
Seating Capacity: 1,900<br />
Floor Area:<br />
37,000 square metres<br />
Architect:<br />
Capita Architecture<br />
Steel Contractor:<br />
Watson Steel<br />
RLSD Profile: Ribdeck 80<br />
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