We’re pleased to offer the first proper external glimpses of Rhuthun’s spon-new Canolfan Grefft/Craft Centre
If you entered the competition to be among the first to tour the new Canolfan Grefft/Craft Centre, you should be hearing tomorrow whether you were successful. And if you didn’t or weren’t, you only have to wait till Monday’s first day, when the centre is at last open to the public.
For those of us watching the centre’s development with interest from beyond the fencing, this will be an exciting and momentous occasion. I must say, I can’t wait. And I really do hope I am among the few who win the preview, because it's even more exciting than when Clwyd council built the first one, which opened in 1982. If I am, I shall be leaving my camera firmly at home, though. No sense in arousing suspicion.
It’s only when you break in behind the fencing that you sense how different and exciting the building actually is. As spring turned to summer, foliage on the outside has screened the new building’s development. Consequently, you fail to get a feeling of its grandeur. In fact, from the so-called Briec roundabout, the more than half obscured centre looks very 1950s industrial, not unlike a large factory. Even from Tesco, you don’t see its best face. But a clear view of the entrance and, well, the perspective’s totally changed.
The building and its entrance and courtyard looks clean, crisp, enticing, inviting. And different. It has that wow factor.
You can see why it’s taken 16 months to complete. It’s truly a landmark building though, we suggest, it won’t appeal to everyone. Those who find it less interesting need to remember the state of the 1980s building that preceded it.
Pity about the design of its nearest neighbour, Tesco—a building that shot up in five months flat. And can't you just tell, when compared to the Craft Centre.
If you entered the competition to be among the first to tour the new Canolfan Grefft/Craft Centre, you should be hearing tomorrow whether you were successful. And if you didn’t or weren’t, you only have to wait till Monday’s first day, when the centre is at last open to the public.
For those of us watching the centre’s development with interest from beyond the fencing, this will be an exciting and momentous occasion. I must say, I can’t wait. And I really do hope I am among the few who win the preview, because it's even more exciting than when Clwyd council built the first one, which opened in 1982. If I am, I shall be leaving my camera firmly at home, though. No sense in arousing suspicion.
It’s only when you break in behind the fencing that you sense how different and exciting the building actually is. As spring turned to summer, foliage on the outside has screened the new building’s development. Consequently, you fail to get a feeling of its grandeur. In fact, from the so-called Briec roundabout, the more than half obscured centre looks very 1950s industrial, not unlike a large factory. Even from Tesco, you don’t see its best face. But a clear view of the entrance and, well, the perspective’s totally changed.
The building and its entrance and courtyard looks clean, crisp, enticing, inviting. And different. It has that wow factor.
You can see why it’s taken 16 months to complete. It’s truly a landmark building though, we suggest, it won’t appeal to everyone. Those who find it less interesting need to remember the state of the 1980s building that preceded it.
Pity about the design of its nearest neighbour, Tesco—a building that shot up in five months flat. And can't you just tell, when compared to the Craft Centre.
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