The History and Architecture of Cardiff Civic Centre
Black Gold, White City
Seiten
2016
University of Wales Press (Verlag)
978-1-78316-842-2 (ISBN)
University of Wales Press (Verlag)
978-1-78316-842-2 (ISBN)
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.
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.
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.
Will appeal to architectural historians, students and tourists, and anyone with an interest in the Welsh capital and the development of cities.
1A 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
7A 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
10Development of the Civic Centre After the Second World War: Buildings and Monuments
11 Cardiff’s Civic Centre in Context
12Conclusion
Erscheinungsdatum | 18.07.2016 |
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Reihe/Serie | Architecture of Wales |
Zusatzinfo | 8 Illustrations, color; 105 Illustrations, black and white |
Verlagsort | Wales |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 189 x 246 mm |
Themenwelt | Technik ► Architektur |
ISBN-10 | 1-78316-842-0 / 1783168420 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-78316-842-2 / 9781783168422 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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