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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hilling, John B., author.

Series:

Architecture of Wales

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public buildings--Wales--Cardiff--History.

Public buildings.

History.

Wales--Cardiff.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xx, 215 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cardiff : University of Wales Press, [2016]

Summary:

Cardiff's civic centre in Cathays Park, described as the finest civic centre in the British Isles, is an impressive planned group of public buildings, begun largely with wealth created by the coal industry in the south Wales coalfield. This book covers the Cardiff site's earlier evolution as a private park in the nineteenth century by the fabulously rich Bute family, and the borough's battles to obtain land for public buildings and the park's development in the twentieth century. All the buildings, memorials and statues in the park are fully described and illustrated in this book which includes maps, plans and photographs. The History and Architecture of Cardiff Civic Centre is the first in the series Architecture of Wales, published in partnership with the Royal Society of Architects in Wales. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 A Small, Sleepy Town in the Shadow of a Castle 1

2 Black Gold 13

3 A Gentleman's Park 27

4 A Battle for Sites and Minds 49

5 Negotiations and Diversions 63

6 Plans and Petitions 75

7 A View of the Civic Centre: Its Layout, Appearance and Open Spaces 89

8 Development of the Civic Centre Before the First World War: Buildings and Monuments 103

9 Development of the Civic Centre Between the Wars: Buildings and Monuments 141

10 Development of the Civic Centre After the Second World War: Buildings and Monuments 155

11 Cardiff's Civic Centre in Context 171

12 Conclusion 187.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-208) and index.

ISBN:

9781783168422

1783168420

OCLC:

956622915