Asa performing arts venue, the Royal Welsh College of Music &? Drama cannot be accused of hogging the limelight. Although the organisation has a high cultural profile, the seventies brick building it occupies opposite Cardiff's grand civic centre is the sort of place that most passers-by wouldn't give a second glance. Jason Flanagan, director of architect BFLS, describes it as "demure", with no real sense of presence or even a proper front door. "When we were first visiting the site we would ask the taxi driver to take us to the Royal College and they wouldn't have a clue where it was," he says.
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