The Wales Millennium Centre is a national centre for performing arts. The architect’s concept of the building was to design a structure that expressed “Welshness” and that was instantly recognisable and distinctive across Europe.

The building was designed to reflect the many different parts of Wales with local Welsh materials that dominate its history; slate, metal, wood and glass. With Ribdeck 80 being produced in a factory just 15 miles from the Millennium Centre the specification of this profile went some way to further enhancing the building’s “Welshness”.

As a performing arts centre, clearly the acoustics of the building would play an integral part in its success as a venue – the specification of Ribdeck 80 allows the internal structure to be acoustically isolated from the main frame, with additional decking
used in the roof to shield aircraft noise.