02520cam a2200457 i 4500 1456752826 US-DLC 20251203125239.0 ta 240922t20252025enkaf b 001 0beng d 1837722102 9781837722105 9781837722129 ePub ebook CIPO000219820 (OCoLC)1456752826 au eng au au e-uk--- Alfaisal Main Library NA997.T48 P76 2025 Proctor, Robert, author. Percy Thomas : modern architecture as a national service / Robert Proctor. 2025 Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 2025 xviii, 291 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm. text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier The architecture of Wales series. Includes bibliographical references and index. "Sir Percy Thomas was the most important twentieth-century architect in Wales, renowned for interwar civic buildings such as Swansea Guildhall and the Temple of Peace in Cardiff. His architectural practice, Sir Percy Thomas & Son, designed much of the post-1945 welfare state and industry in Wales and beyond. In the late twentieth century, the Percy Thomas Partnership specialised in complex healthcare, industrial and public buildings, becoming an international practice. This comprehensive, meticulously-researched history examines the architecture of Percy Thomas in depth for the first time, and explores its wider social and political significance. Arguing that the practice sustained an ethical approach to architecture as a 'national service' for the benefit of society, this book gives new insights into the role of the architect and the changing relationships between the built environment and the state throughout the century. Its unique perspective from Wales promises to reshape our understanding of modern architecture."-- back cover. Thomas, Percy, Sir, 1883-1969. Thomas, Percy, Sir, 1883-1969. fast Architects Great Britain Biography. Architects. fast Great Britain. fast Biographies. fast Print books. local 4 ebook version : 9781837722129. Architecture of Wales. lcc BOOKS 608093 608093 0 0 lcc 0 0 AU AU DISPLAY 2025-12-03 0 NA997.T48 P76 2025 AU00000000020970 2025-12-03 12:54:00 535.00 2025-12-03 BOOKS