The Senedd is the building in Cardiff Bay, Wales, that houses the debating chamber and committee rooms of the Senedd, the devolved Welsh Parliament, along with support offices for its members and commission staff. Designed by the Richard Rogers Partnership, now Rogers Stirk Harbour and Partners, it cost about 69.6 million pounds to build and was opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 1 March 2006. Covering 5,308 square meters, the building is built in a sustainable, high tech style with a glass facade running around its full perimeter and a rotating steel roof cowl, described as the world's largest free rotating wind driven cowl, positioned six meters above the roof to ventilate the debating chamber naturally. Inside, an undulating ceiling of Canadian western red cedar timber spans the public spaces, and the circular debating chamber, known in Welsh as Y Siambr, seats members in the round beneath the cowl; a glass floored public gallery and a stepped waterfront entrance were designed to keep the legislature visibly open to the public.
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Building Type LocationCardiff Bay, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom 1 Completed Year Classification
Standing Status Building Type
Building Type (category)Government / Parliament Building 1 Connections
Has Building Type
Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.
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in Cardiff, houses the debating chamber and three committee rooms of the Senedd
Body text, building description
The building faces southwest over Cardiff Bay, it has a glass façade around the entire building and is dominated by a steel roof and wood ceiling.
Body text, construction
Construction of the Senedd building ended on 7 February 2006 when the National Assembly took control of the building.
Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article
The Senedd is the building in Cardiff Bay, Wales, that houses the debating chamber and committee rooms of the Senedd, the devolved Welsh Parliament, along with support offices for its members and commission staff. Designed by the Richard Rogers Partnership, now Rogers Stirk Harbour and Partners, it cost about 69.6 million pounds to build and was opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 1 March 2006. Covering 5,308 square meters, the building is built in a sustainable, high tech style with a glass facade running around its full perimeter and a rotating steel roof cowl, described as the world's largest free rotating wind driven cowl, positioned six meters above the roof to ventilate the debating chamber naturally. Inside, an undulating ceiling of Canadian western red cedar timber spans the public spaces, and the circular debating chamber, known in Welsh as Y Siambr, seats members in the round beneath the cowl; a glass floored public gallery and a stepped waterfront entrance were designed to keep the legislature visibly open to the public.
- In Style: High-Tech Architecture, infobox architectural_style field: Sustainable architecture, High-tech architecture
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