page_title: Alex Gordon (architect)
section_title: Buildings
hierarchical_section_title: Alex Gordon (architect) / Buildings
caption_attribution_description: Swansea Crown Court
context_page_description: Sir Alexander John Gordon, CBE was a Welsh architect. Born in Ayr, Scotland, he was brought up and educated in Swansea and Cardiff. After World War II he designed several major buildings in Cardiff and Swansea, and from 1971 to 1973 he served as president of the Royal Institute of British Architects. In 1974 he summarised the needs of new architecture as 'Long life, loose fit, low energy'.
context_section_description: 1955 University Sports Pavilion, Cardiff (Awarded RIBA Bronze Medal)
  1966 Cyncoed Methodist Chapel, Cardiff
  1966 Snelling House, Cardiff. Headquarters of Wales Gas, now the Big Sleep hotel.
  Mid-1960s Staff housing Atlantic College, St Donats
  1967 Cement and Concrete Association Training Centre, Fulmer Grange, Slough
  1968 Churchill House, Cardiff
  1970 Telephone Exchange Building, Swansea
  1970 Cardiff University School of Music
  1971 Sherman Theatre, Cardiff
  1972 Mathematics Building, Cardiff University
  1973 Students' Union Building, Cardiff University
  1978 Transport House, Transport and General Workers' Union building, Cardiff
  1979 Welsh Office, Cathays Park, Cardiff, now known as Crown Building 2
  1981 Princess of Wales Hospital, Bridgend
  1988 Crown Court, Swansea
caption: Swansea Crown Court (1988)
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