Chapter

Cardiff's Chapter Arts Centre was a product of the progressive, community-minded idealism of the late 1960s which found expression in local, grass-roots initiatives like adventure playgrounds, city farms and other community development projects. Founded to serve both artists and the wider community, Chapter can count itself among such radical projects, but it is unusual; it has not only survived to the present day, but thrived, without losing touch with its founding objectives.

Today, its rolling programme of over 1000 exhibitions, screenings and performances attracts more than 800,000 visitors each year, double the pre-refurbishment total.

2010 RIBA/RSAW Award for Architecture

2011 Eisteddfod Gold Medal for Architecture

Client: Chapter

Site area: 7,132 sqm

Value £3.8m

Completed: 2011