Cathays Park Building

The Crown Buildings (Welsh: Adeilad y Goron) aka Cathays Park Buildings, are the Welsh Government's main offices in Cardiff, Wales. The buildings were formerly used by the Welsh Office and are situated in Cathays Park. The complex consists of two buildings, Cathays Park 1 (Grade 2 listed building) and Cathays Park 2, joined by two skybridges. Cathays Park 1 (aka CP1 or old Crown Building) is an older four-storey building with 3,599 m (38,740 sq ft) of floorspace. Cathays Park 2 (aka CP2 or new Crown Building) is a five-storey office building with 34,305 m (369,260 sq ft) of floorspace, including an underground car park and a central atrium housing a cafe for the office staff. The Encyclopedia of Wales describes CP2, completed in 1979,...