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Top: The main facade and proscenium wall are clad in Welsh limestone panels. The entry portico is clad in cast aluminum panels. The Pierhead and East Bute Street facades have a limestone base.
Bottom left and center: Seligmann's parti diagram; conceptual sketch, showing the resolving of multiple street alignments and the defintion of a waterfront basin.
Above: Figure-ground diagram—Via dei Servi style—showing the trolley and spatial connector from Gallaghan Square and the Cardiff train station.
Gerard Damiani
Aerial perspective looking down Bute Avenue towards Cardiff Bay