Present Structure
The present day Central Library building was opened on 14 March 2009, and is located on The Hayes, cornered in between Mill Lane and Canal Street, opposite the St. David's 2 development.
The building cost £13.5 million to build and construction took 98 weeks involving nearly 1,200 workers. 2000m² of glass form part of the exterior walls. The length of shelving for the books totals 3 kilometres.
The library contains 55,000 ft (17,000 m) of space, 90,000 books, 10,000 of which are written in Welsh, and an additional 10,000 CDs and DVDs.
The building is located on the corner of The Hayes and Mill Street, occupying part of the car park previously used by the adjacent Marriott Hotel, and it was this site which gave rise to the building's triangular footprint.
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