The Wales Millennium Centre is Wales’ national arts centre located in the Cardiff Bay area of Cardiff, Wales.
The centre is Cardiff’s principal receiving venue for large-scale opera, ballet, contemporary dance and musicals. It comprises a large theatre and two smaller halls with shops, bars and restaurants. It houses Wales’ national orchestra and opera, dance, theatre and literature companies.
The WMC was designed by Jonathan Adams of local practice Percy Thomas Architects with Arup Acoustics providing the acoustic design and Arup as building engineer.
The WMC’s main feature, the bronze coloured dome which covers the Donald Gordon Theatre, is clad in steel that was treated with copper oxide. Much of the exterior of the building is clad in multi-coloured slate collected from Welsh quarries.
Both the inside and outside of the building are dominated by bands of hardwood lining the walls.
A highly detailed model with custom textures created in Substance Painter.