The Wales Millennium Centre consists of 31,500sqm of accommodation and was the first national cultural institution to be built in Wales for over half a century. Percy Thomas Architects were successfully appointed as Architect following a prestigious international design competition.
The building brings together the Welsh National Opera Company, Diversions Dance Company and the Welsh Amateur Music Federation along with a variety of other creative organisations for the first time to comprise a self-contained artistic community. Between them these organisations provide a rich and varied programme of continuous educational and entertainment events.
At the core of the building is an auditorium that defines a new precedent for high performance in both natural acoustic and amplified sound. Seating over 1,700, the auditorium establishes the Wales Millennium Centre as a world class venue for visiting productions of all types.
The architecture of the Wales Millennium Centre is unique as benefits a new cultural centre. The forms and materials are inspired by elements of the Welsh landscape and by the nation’s social and cultural traditions.
In 2008 we completed a second phase, which is home to the BBC National Orchestra and the Chorus of Wales.
The Wales Millennium Centre has received several awards, including RIBA Award 2005, FX Magazine Interior of the Year and Gold Medal for Architecture by Eisteddfod of Wales.
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Across the UK, our clients rely on us every day to de-risk, simplify, and un-complicate things. How? With the right team and the right solution – on time, and on budget.
Working with public and private sector organisations, we provide specialist project and cost management, engineering and design, health and safety, and environmental solutions. We do things differently, specialising in infrastructure – the physical networks which keep the country moving, as well as the social infrastructure which creates communities people want to be a part of – and in building solutions, from architectural innovation to sustainable and technologically advanced design and delivery.
