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Cardiff Bay, formerly port area, transformed into massive fresh water lake by building of Cardiff Barrage. Cardiff, Wales. | Popular entertainment area along Cardiff Bay. Cardiff, Wales. | Pedestrian walking area along shops & restaurants at Cardiff Bay. Cardiff, Wales. | Pedestrians strolling along entertainment area at Cardiff Bay. Cardiff, Wales. |
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Red terracotta Pierhead building & Ferris wheel at Cardiff Bay. Cardiff, Wales. | Side view of Ferris wheel & red terracotta Pierhead building at Cardiff Bay. Cardiff, Wales. | View of Pierhead building & Ferris wheel from water front at Cardiff Bay. Cardiff, Wales. | High rise building with view of Cardiff Bay. Cardiff, Wales. |
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Pier at Cardiff Bay. Cardiff, Wales. | Boardwalk along Cardiff Bay. Cardiff, Wales. | Modern building housing pubs & restaurants overlooking Cardiff Bay. Cardiff, Wales. | Millennium Centre in background at Cardiff Bay. Cardiff, Wales. |
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Modern restaurant building with outdoor seating at Cardiff Bay. Cardiff, Wales. | Atradius Building providing office space at Cardiff Bay. Cardiff, Wales. Architect: Holder Mathias. | Bronze statue, "People Like Us" of man, woman & dog by John Clinch at Cardiff Bay. Cardiff, Wales. | View of expanse of Cardiff Bay. Cardiff, Wales. |
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Pilotage building (late 19thC) once used as the Pilotage Authority office at Cardiff Bay. Cardiff, Wales. | Copper & steel weathervane (1997) on Pilotage Authority building created by Andy Hazell at Cardiff Bay. Cardiff, Wales. | Senedd Cymru (aka Welsh Parliament) (2006), designed, with its glass walls & open floor plan to reflect open democracy, at Cardiff Bay. Cardiff, Wales. Architect: Richard Rogers & Ivan Harbour. | Undulating roof of Welsh Parliament extending beyond building to provide shelter for outside terrace at Cardiff Bay. Cardiff, Wales. |
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Redwood funnel over Debating Chamber below brings in natural light and also serves as a natural ventilation system for cooling at Welsh Parliament at Cardiff Bay. Cardiff, Wales. | Western facade of the Pierhead building (1897) now belonging to the Senedd Cymru (Welsh parliament) with exterior of red glazed terracotta blocks at Cardiff Bay. Cardiff, Wales. Architect: William Frame. | Ornate clock tower, chimneys & terracotta panels on the Pierhead building at Cardiff Bay. Cardiff, Wales. | Arched front entrance to the Pierhead building at Cardiff Bay. Cardiff, Wales. |
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Clock face, finial & gargoyles on the Pierhead building at Cardiff Bay. Cardiff, Wales. | The Pierhead building with Ferris wheel in background at Cardiff Bay. Cardiff, Wales. | Terracotta panel with train engine & sailing ship on the Pierhead building at Cardiff Bay. Cardiff, Wales. | Staircase in the Pierhead building at Cardiff Bay. Cardiff, Wales. |
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Wales Millennium Centre (2004 & 2009), which serves as the national arts centre, constructed of steel treated with carbon oxide for the roof & recycled multi-colored Welsh slate for exterior, at Cardiff Bay. Cardiff, Wales. Architect: Jonathan Adams, Part 1 ; Tim Green & Keith Vince, Part 2. | Bronze colored roof & multi-colored Welsh slate walls at Wales Millennium Centre at Cardiff Bay. Cardiff, Wales. | Front of Wales Millennium Centre at Cardiff Bay. Cardiff, Wales. | Front entrance showcasing the Bronze colored roof & multi-colored Welsh slate walls. Cardiff, Wales. |
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The English inscription on front of the dome reads "In These Stones Horizons Sing" by Welsh poet, Gwyneth Lewis at Wales Millennium Centre at Cardiff Bay. Cardiff, Wales. | Glass walled entrance & multi-colored Welsh slate building walls at Wales Millennium Centre at Cardiff Bay. Cardiff, Wales. | Water Tower sculpture/fountain (2000) by William Pye on Roald Dahl Plass in front of Wales Millennium Centre at Cardiff Bay. Cardiff, Wales. | Roald Dahl Plass with Welsh slate walls of Wales Millennium Centre in background at Cardiff Bay. Cardiff, Wales. |
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Norwegian Church Arts Centre (late 19thC), originally Lutheran Church which provided home comforts to Scandinavian sailors & local Norwegian community at Cardiff Bay. Cardiff, Wales. | Merchant Seafarers War Memorial (1994-96) by Brian Fell at Cardiff Bay. Cardiff, Wales. | Hull of wrecked ship part of Merchant Seafarers War Memorial at Cardiff Bay. Cardiff, Wales. | Hull of wrecked ship evolves into face of drowned sailor on Merchant Seafarers War Memorial at Cardiff Bay. Cardiff, Wales. |