Main Arts Building

[Admin (Matt)]

Blue (Old Main Arts) Section
Foundation Stone Laid July 1907
Opened June 1911
Architect Henry Hare

Pink (Library) Section
New Arts  
Foundation Stone Laid 1960
Opened 1963
Architect Sir Percy Thomas and Sons

Green (New Arts) Section
Opened 1970
Architect Sir Percy Thomas and Sons



Also See
http://www.bangorcivicsociety.org.uk/pages/listedindex/1%20%2816%29.htm

[Admin (Matt)]

To celebrate the centenary of the foundation stone for this building 7 June 2007
Unveiled by his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales

[Dave]

Great Building- Bangor should utilise it more.

I think the first extension (library) was a decent success, but I don't know who commissioned the second extension (new arts)- every time I pass I cringe- are you sure it was the same architect?

I've always thought- if I became a millionaire- I would give money to the Uni to take down the extensions and re-develop them so it better 'suits' the old main arts.

I'm also quite glad to see that the Uni is investing on the inside- some areas were beginning to look shabby.

[David Price]

Yes, they are both by the  Percy Thomas Partnership of Cardiff. Personally, I think the Arts Building works better than the Library, and together they successfully complete H.T. Hare's plan for an outer quadrangle. Percy Thomas Partnership also designed the brutalist concrete Brambell Building (Zoology) of 1969 in Deiniol Road - a building which you either love or hate.  I love it - Bangor needs more exciting modern buildings - I'm very hopeful about the Pontio project.

[Dave]

I suppose beauty is in the eye of the beholder!

You will either love Deiniol Road with living proof of architectural history; from new modern wooden buildings, to old stone buildings to 70's style concrete building - or you will hate the pick n mix style to this road!

[Admin (Matt)]

Dave - if you've not seen it already this is what the architect intended... http://www.bangorcivicsociety.org.uk/pages/hisso/hare.htm



Money ran short so the remaining ranges were delayed to a later time, sadly that turned out to be 1960s/70s.





 

[Admin (Matt)]

[Admin (Matt)]

... Before the quad corridors were inclosed

[Admin (Matt)]

Architectural Review published in 1911

[Admin (Matt)]

Sir John Pritchard Jones contributed in total £17,000 to the construction of the great hall.