heritage & historic buildings special report
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BUILDING PROJECTS
With the BBC due to demolish the corporation’s old Wales’ headquarters in Cardiff there will be few major examples of the architecture of renowned Welsh architect Sir Percy Thomas in the principality’s capital. One of those remnants is the Grade II listed National History Museum at St Fagan’s on the outskirts of Cardiff, whose preservation order made a major £21 million renovation project a difficult challenge for the design and construction team. Steve Menary reports
is one of the most popular visitors’ attractions in Wales. While those visitors came in search of history, the
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facilities needed to take a giant leap forward into the twenty first century. “We are taking it back to its envelope, just the concrete frame and the brickwork, but it would have been much easier
he museum opened in 1948 and a visit to St Fagan’s is a rite of passage for most Cardiff schoolchildren. With more than 600,000 visitors a year, the museum
to flatten the lot and carry on,” says Ian Davies, project manager for main contractor Kier on the work to the Percy Thomas-designed main building at the museum. The design work started at the turn of the decade after
National Museums & Galleries of Wales secured the then largest ever award – of £12 million – from the Heritage Lottery Fund with the Welsh government also chipping in with a grant of £7 million. Work started on the main building on 27 November 2014 Continued overleaf...
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