The history and architecture of Cardiff Civic Centre : black gold, white city

The history and architecture of Cardiff Civic Centre : black gold, white city / John B. Hilling.

The history and architecture of Britain's finest civic centre, and how it came to be created following the boom of the coal industry in the south Wales coalfield.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hilling, John B. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cardiff : University of Wales Press, [2016]
Series:Architecture of Wales.
Subjects:
Public buildings > Wales > Cardiff > History.
ARCHITECTURE > Buildings > Public, Commercial & Industrial.
Public buildings
ARCHITECTURE / History / General
Wales > Cardiff
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro; Series; Title; Copyright; Contents; Series Editor's Preface; Foreword; List of Illustrations; Introduction and Acknowledgments; Editorial Note; 1 A Small, Sleepy Town in the Shadow of a Castle; 2 Black Gold; 3 A Gentleman's Park; 4 A Battle for Sites and Minds; 5 Negotiations and Diversions; 6 Plans and Petitions; 7 A View of the Civic Centre: Its Layout, Appearance and Open Spaces; 8 Development of the Civic Centre Before the First World War: Buildings and Monuments; 9 Development of the Civic Centre Between the Wars: Buildings and Monuments
  • 10 Development of the Civic Centre After the Second World War: Buildings and Monuments11 Cardiff's Civic Centre in Context; 12 Conclusion; Brief Biographies of Architects; Architectural Glossary; Bibliography; Notes

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