Bute Building
The Bute Building is a Cardiff University building in Cathays Park, Cardiff, Wales. It houses the Welsh School of Architecture and the Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies. It is a Grade II listed building.[1]
The neoclassical building was designed by architects Percy Thomas and Ivor Jones, who won a competition in 1911 to design a building for Cardiff Technical College.[2] The foundations of the building were laid in 1913 and the building opened in 1916.[3][4] The building has six Roman Doric columns in the front of the building and includes the Birt Acres Lecture Theatre[5][6]
The UK's largest Sky Dome, an artificial sky 8 metres in diameter run by the School of Architecture and used for daylight modelling and sun-path studies, is located in the basement of the building.[7]
References
- ^ "Bute Building". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
- ^ "THOMAS, Sir PERCY EDWARD (1883–1969)". National Library of Wales. Retrieved 24 May 2009.
- ^ "The companion guide to Wales By David Barnes". Google Book Search. Retrieved 24 May 2009.
- ^ "INDIN 2009 24–26th June 2009, Cardiff UK". Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Archived from the original on 24 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-24.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "TECHNICAL COLLEGE;BUTE BUILDING;UNIVERSITY OF WALES INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, CATHAYS PARK, CARDIFF". Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales. Retrieved 24 May 2009.
- ^ "Pool Room 1.61, Birt Acres Lecture Theatre, Bute Building". Cardiff University. Retrieved 24 May 2009.
- ^ "Cardiff school reaches for the artificial sky". Architects' Journal. 25 March 1999.
External links
Media related to Bute Building, Cardiff University at Wikimedia Commons
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