Design

St David's design highlights include the new tulip tree area - the 'atrium' - which features a circular double height space with glazed roof and incorporates public artworks in the form of sculptural panels in the circular bulkhead and patterning in the floor in various stone finishes.

The £675m mixed use development includes more than 300 residential units, the environmentally leading civic library, which has been awarded Project of the Year in Sustainability by Constructing Excellence and £20m of improvements to the public realm.

St David's provides a befitting epitaph for James Utting - design director for Benoy on this and numerous other projects including the Bullring in Birmingham - James sadly passed away earlier this year. His passion for combining excellent design with the practicalities and needs of the modern, urban environment shine through in Cardiff.