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There are around 1,000 listed buildings in Cardiff, [1] the capital city of Wales.A listed building is one considered to be of special architectural, historical or cultural significance, which is protected from being demolished, extended or altered, unless special permission is granted by the relevant planning authorities.
A typical installation of insulated glass windows with uPVC frames. Possibly the earliest use of double glazing was in Siberia, where it was observed by Henry Seebohm in 1877 as an established necessity in the Yeniseysk area where the bitterly cold winter temperatures regularly fall below -50° C, indicating how the concept may have started: [2]
Grey Lias stone features heavily in the construction of the city's medieval buildings (the keep of Cardiff Castle, Llandaff Cathedral and St John the Baptist's church), but is absent from later buildings. Two recent buildings in Cardiff Bay, the Senedd and the Wales Millennium Centre, make conspicuous use of Welsh slate together with glass and ...
Grangetown railway station is located on the Vale of Glamorgan Line from Cardiff Central to Bridgend via Barry, Rhoose Cardiff International Airport and Llantwit Major, with branch lines serving Penarth and Barry Island. Cardiff Bus operates the following services in the area: 1 City Circle towards Canton; 2 City Circle towards Cardiff Bay
Cardiff is the largest city in Wales and has the most tall buildings in the country. [2] Designed by Rio Architects, [3] the tallest building in Cardiff is Bridge Street Exchange at 85 m (279 ft). It replaced Capital Tower in 2018, which, at 80 m (260 ft), which had been the tallest building in Cardiff since 1970.
It is a relatively modern area with housing stock dating mainly from the late 1980s and beyond. The area has a centralised precinct providing services, comprising a community centre (Thornhill Church Centre), a Sainsbury's supermarket, with an integral Post Office and Pharmacy; and the North Cardiff Medical Centre.
Between 1883 and 1909 the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire (later Cardiff University) was founded and based on Newport Road. [3] The stretch between Cardiff city centre and the CRI is now dominated by high-rise buildings and office blocks, including Eastgate House , Holland House and offices used as the headquarters of South ...
St David's, and much of the southern end of Cardiff city centre's shopping area, was re-developed as part of the St David's 2 development. The second phase was a £675 million extension of the centre, in which a large part of Cardiff's south city centre was demolished.