Cardiff Bay Visitor Centre (1991–2010)
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Cardiff Bay Visitor Centre (known informally as "the Tube") was a piece of modern architecture designed by the architect Wil Alsop for Cardiff Bay, Wales, in 1990. It was finally dismantled in 2010. A panel of architectural experts has said the building "single-handedly put Cardiff on the architectural map".[3]
For the current Cardiff Bay visitor centre, see Wales Millennium Centre.
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Cardiff Bay Visitor Centre | |
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Alternative names | The Tube |
General information | |
Status | Dismantled |
Location | Cardiff Bay |
Town or city | Cardiff |
Country | Wales |
Completed | 1991 |
Demolished | 2010 |
Client | CBDC |
Design and construction | |
Architecture firm | Alsop, Lyall & Stormer[1] |
Awards and prizes | RIBA Regional Award (1991) RIBA National Award (1992)[2] |
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