Listed buildings in Cardiff Bay Dock to the east and the mainline railway to the north. Listed buildings in Cardiff Bay There are many listed buildings in Cardiff Bay, part of Cardiff, capital city of Wales. A listed building is one considered to be of special architectural, historical or cultural significance, and has restrictions on amendments or demolition. Buildings are listed as either Grade I, II* and II buildings lists, with the Grade I being the most important. Cardiff Bay describes the redeveloped docklands area of the city, including the neighbourhoods of Butetown and Atlantic Wharf, previously better known as Tiger Bay. It is bounded
Cardiff Bay Opera House Inner Harbour, Cardiff Bay. An international design competition was held and was eventually won by the Iraqi-born architect Zaha Hadid. The Hadid design was called the Crystal Necklace by some in the media. However, the project failed to win financial support from the Millennium Commission, the body which distributed funds from the UK National Lottery. An international design competition was established by the Cardiff Bay Opera House Trust to decide on the architect for the project. The competition would eventually be in two rounds. The first round of the competition attracted 268 international competitors; it was won by Iraq-born architect