modern architecture as a national service Proctor, Robert creator author. text bibliography biography Biographies. Print books. enk 2025 2025 monographic eng

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xviii, 291 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm. "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. Robert Proctor. Includes bibliographical references and index. e-uk--- Sir Thomas, Percy 1883-1969 Sir Thomas, Percy 1883-1969 Architects Great Britain Biography Architects Great Britain NA997.T48 P76 2025 1837722102 9781837722105 au 240922 20251203125239.0 1456752826 eng