02670cam a2200469 i 45000010011000000030007000110050017000180070003000350080041000380200015000790200018000940200030001120240018001420350022001600400020001820430012002020490026002140500024002401000030002642450081002942600009003752640048003843000091004323360026005233370028005493380027005774900038006045040051006425201053006936000037017466000043017836500042018266500022018686510025018906550023019156550027019387760036019658300027020019420015020289990019020439520138020621456752826US-DLC20251203125239.0ta240922t20252025enkaf    b    001 0beng d  a1837722102  a9781837722105  z9781837722129qePub ebook8 aCIPO000219820  a(OCoLC)1456752826  aaubengeaucau  ae-uk---  aAlfaisal Main Library 4aNA997.T48bP76 20251 aProctor, Robert,eauthor.10aPercy Thomas :bmodern architecture as a national service /cRobert Proctor.  c2025 1aCardiff :bUniversity of Wales Press,c2025  axviii, 291 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates :billustrations (some color) ;c24 cm.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier1 aThe architecture of Wales series.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.  a"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.10aThomas, Percy,cSir,d1883-1969.17aThomas, Percy,cSir,d1883-1969.2fast 0aArchitectszGreat BritainvBiography. 7aArchitects.2fast 7aGreat Britain.2fast 7aBiographies.2fast 0aPrint books.2local9408iebook version :z9781837722129. 0aArchitecture of Wales.  2lcccBOOKS  c608093d608093  00102lcc4070aAUbAUcDISPLAYd2025-12-03l0oNA997.T48 P76 2025pAU00000000020970r2025-12-03 12:54:00v535.00w2025-12-03yBOOKS