Technical College, Cardiff (Architectural Competition)

In this competition, announced in September 1911, sixty-one plans were submitted. Mr. J. S. Gibson, V.P.R.I.B.A., acted as the assessor and the competition was won by Ivor Jones & Percy Thomas of Cardiff. Plans and elevations of the second placed scheme by Cooper and Slater were also illustrated. 

CARDIFF TECHNICAL INSTITUTE - The premiated designs in this competition are announced in the following order: 1, Messrs. Ivor Jones and Percy Thomas, Cardiff; 2, Messrs. Cooper and Slater, Blackburn; 3, Mr. J. Myrtle Smith, London; 4, Messrs. Spalding and Myers, and Ernest G. Theakston, joint architects, London. [Architects and Builders Journal 20 December 1911 page 659]

Reference    Builders Journal 6 September 1911 page 262 – competition advertised, return 30 November 1911
Reference    Architects and Builders Journal 20 December 1911 page 659 – results
Reference    Architects and Builders Journal 27 December 1911 page 682 – competition notes
Reference    Architects and Builders Journal 20 December 1911 page 636 – plans and elevations; page 643 upper ground floor plan - Cooper and Slater
Reference    Canadian Municipal Journal, ix, July 1913, page 301, (biography and list of works by Cooper).