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

• Autore: Hilling John B.
• Pubblicazione: Cardiff : , : University of Wales Press, , 2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (222 p.)
• Disciplina: 725.10942987
• Soggetto topico: Architecture - Wales - Cardiff - History; Historic buildings - Wales
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The history and architecture of Cardiff Civic Centre
• ISBN: 1-78316-844-7; 1-78316-843-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910493707303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II