The Cardiff School of Creative & Cultural Industries' new facility has made its mark on Cardiff's rapidly developing city centre.

Its home, the 'ATRiuM', features several complex shapes and contours and is furnished in a striking pure white cladding system supplied by Euroclad.

Boasting state of the art facilities, the school will be used to train the creative professionals of the future and the building's exterior was designed with this in mind.

Euroclad's rainscreen cladding system was specified for the interior and exterior of the building as it was capable of matching the building’s geometry.


Euroclad Façades employ sophisticated computer controlled technologies which are integrated with manufacturing processes to allow almost anything that can be drawn to be produced.

Speaking about the project Alun Woodruff Director of Estates at the University of Glamorgan said: "The detailing on this project had to be exact in order to achieve such a dramatic and inspiring building. We needed complex shapes and incredibly sharp angles to be produced and the bespoke rainscreen façade system allowed us to achieve the high quality finish we required.

"This project is going to be prominent on the landscape for many years and we hope we have inspired other designs to follow this example."

The shape of a building can have a key role in the building’s purpose and the University of Glamorgan's Cardiff School of Creative & Cultural Industries is a clear example of how designers are adapting to educational needs.

For further information please visit www.euroclad.com

(JM)