Cardiff Central Library | |
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Llyfrgell Ganolog Caerdydd | |
General information | |
Architectural style | Sustainable architecture |
Address | Mill Lane, Cardiff, CF10 1FL |
Coordinates | 51°28′40″N 3°10′32″W / 51.477860°N 3.175470°W |
Construction started | May 2007 |
Completed | 30 January 2009 |
Inaugurated | 14 March 2009 |
Cost | £13.5 million |
Owner | Cardiff County Council |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 6 |
Floor area | 55,000 square feet (5,100 m2) |
Design and construction | |
Architecture firm | BDP Architects |
Services engineer | Crown House Technology |
Main contractor | Laing O'Rourke |
Type | Public Library |
Established | 14 March 2009 |
Collection | |
Size | 122,664 |
Access and use | |
Access requirements | None |
Other information | |
Website | www |
Cardiff Central Library (now Cardiff Central Library Hub) (Welsh: Llyfrgell Ganolog Caerdydd) is the main library in the city centre of Cardiff, Wales. It offers a public library service and is open six days a week. Four buildings have been named as such, with the newest building opening on 14 March 2009 and officially being opened a few months later on 18 June 2009 by the Manic Street Preachers.[1] The first Cardiff library was opened in 1861 as the Cardiff Free Library, later expanded and known as the Cardiff Free Library, Museum and Schools for Science and Art.