The History and Architecture of Cardiff Civic Centre — The History and Architecture of Cardiff Civic Centre: Black Gold, White City

Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description

Cyfrol yn cyflwyno hanes a phensaernïaeth canolfan ddinesig decaf Prydain, gan olrhain sut y bu iddi gael ei chreu yn sgil twf y diwydiant glo yn ne Cymru.

Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description

A volume presenting 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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Cynnwys / Table of Contents

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 Monuments 11 Cardiff’s Civic Centre in Context 12 Conclusion

Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography

John B. Hilling, is an established practitioner in and commentator on historical architecture. Having trained as an architect in the Welsh School of Architecture and as a town planner in London, Hilling's career has encompassed urban and rural planning, local authority housing, university and museum buildings and the restoration of ancient monuments.

Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review

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, to become Britain's finest civic centre. 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.