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:''For the current Cardiff Bay Visitor Centre, see Wales Millennium Centre'' Cardiff Bay Visitor Centre (known informally as 'the Tube') was a piece of modern architecture designed by the architect Wil Alsop for Cardiff Bay, Wales, in 1990. It was finally dismantled in 2010. A panel of architectural experts has said the building "single-handedly put Cardiff on the architectural map".〔 ==Design and construction== Architect Wil Alsop was already involved in the development of the Cardiff Bay Barrage when asked, by the Cardiff Bay Development Corporation (CBDC), to design a visitors' centre. The building was completed during the Summer of 1990,〔Kenneth Powell, "Will Alsop book 1", Lawrence King Publishing (2001), pp. 177–179, ISBN 1-85669-238-8〕 located close to the Victorian Pierhead Building.〔 It cost somewhere between £350,000〔 and £500,000〔 and was intended to last only five years.〔〔 The new building was in the shape of a long flattened tube, glazed at each end. Alsop liked to compare its shape to a disposable cigarette lighter.〔 It was constructed using a series of oval steel ribs, clad with marine plywood and covered with external skin of PVC sheeting.〔〔(Cardiff Bay Visitors Centre ), Architen Landrell. Retrieved 18 March 2012.〕 Ripple-like slots were cut into the plywood, allowing dappled daylight into the interior.〔 It was shortlisted for the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Building of the Year award (forerunner of the Stirling Prize).〔 The visitor centre was built to house an exhibition about the new Cardiff Bay development.〔 In 1993 the building needed to be moved from its location east of the Pierhead Building. Rather than permanently dismantle it, the structure was put on the back of a low-loader truck and moved to another part of the Bay.〔 It continued to house interactive exhibitions and a scale model of Cardiff.〔 Because of its distinctive shape, the visitor centre became known locally as 'The Tube'.〔〔 In 2009 it was listed ninth in the Top Ten free attractions in Wales.〔Martin Shipton, (''Cardiff promotion needs a rethink'' ), South Wales Echo, 18 December 2009. Online version retrieved 18 March 2012.〕 Cardiff Bay Visitor Centre was listed by a panel of experts as one of the Top 50 Buildings of the 1990s, saying the building had "single-handedly put Cardiff on the architectural map".〔Fiona Sturges, (''The 50 Best; THE BEST BUILDINGS; OF THE NINETIES'' ), The Independent, 3 October 1998. Online version retrieved 18 March 2012.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cardiff Bay Visitor Centre ('The Tube')」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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