The Cardiff Brewery
The Brains Brewery tower has been a Cardiff landmark for over 100 years with the first brewery appearing on the site in 1889. The brewhouse will be the only original building to remain on the new Central Quay development which will create a new business and retail district built around the main city centre transport hub. There will be a small element of residential property at the development in the form of riverside apartments.
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I wanted to create a green oasis in what was an industrial site and will be a built-up business area and so incorporated a community garden over 3 floors into the brewery, bar and restaurant space.
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THIRD FLOOR - FUNCTION ROOM
The third floor has a function room which features a balcony area within the roof lantern that looks out over the long part of the building through the voids to the ground floor
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SECOND FLOOR - RESTAURANT AND KITCHEN
The kitchen will provide community classes in cookery, preserving and growing fruit and vegetables as well as serving produce grown on site in the restaurant
FIRST FLOOR - BAR AND CASUAL SEATING
A long feature walkway over the garden room gives a peaceful place to sit away from the main bar seating area. A viewing window into the brewery below is situated in the bar itself.
GROUND FLOOR - GREENHOUSE AND CAFE // BREWERY
The Garden Room will include a “library of things”so that members can borrow tools, books etc. The centre section has access to the greenhouses on both sides of the building and members access is from the Garden Room. The microbrewery is on the ground floor of the short building and has its own access.
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