1. National Assembly of Wales ARCHITECT: Richard Rogers and Partners INAGURAL: 2 August 2006 LOCATION: Cardiff Bay Wales, London USE: Assembly Building of Welsh or The Senedd (Senate)

2. Design Specifications To be an "exemplar" building in terms of sustainability Creating an easily accessibility Application of renewable technologies Minimize energy consumption and waste Life span of 100 years

3.  transparent form of the building  democratic values of openness and participation  thermal mass of the plinth  Public spaces elevated on a slate-clad plinth  Roof, the most significant visual impact.  Wales looking with confidence to its future

4.  Materials: rough slate, smooth concrete, steel, glass and timber  Essentially a series of shallow domes, it ripples its way out to sea  "wind funnel" that both ventilates and helps to daylight the chamber  circular debating chamber is a lofty dome, lined inside with aluminium tubes and with a glittering light-reflector at its apex

5. Roof form derived from basic geometrical forms

6. Inspired by Birds wings/ ripples in the sea

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