Putting a brave face on Wales
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Although there was a failed attempt by Will Alsop to building a National Literature Centre in Swansea, Swansea still has the ambition of becoming the Naples of Wales. Three projects, Zaha Hadid's Cardif Bay Opera House, David Chipperfield's arts centre project, and the National Literature Centre, are all the subject of a current exhibition. Cardiff also has ambitions to be a major European city, but its recent collective behaviour linked to major international competition provides little confidence in the depth of its ambition. There has been a battle to maintain the integrity of the original designs of the Cardiff Bay barrage, ever since the project was approved.
Publication Name: Architects' Journal
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0003-8466
Year: 1997
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Theatrical design
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Architect Arts Team was chosen by client Gresham's School because of their attitude to the project as they seemed really interested in designing a theatre rather than a piece of architecture. Gresham's School Drama Director was pleased the architects were very thorough in their work despite it being a small project. The building is clad in an orange-pink brickwork with similar colour mortar. The auditorium can be used in various ways. The theatre has been named after the Poet W.H. Auden who was a pupil at the school in Norfolk, England.
Publication Name: Architects' Journal
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0003-8466
Year: 1999
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