page_title: Architecture of Wales
section_title: Architecture of local government reform after 1974
hierarchical_section_title: Architecture of Wales / Post-war architecture in Wales / Architecture of local government reform after 1974
caption_attribution_description: Shire Hall, Mold, Flintshire, Wales
context_page_description: Architecture of Wales is an overview of architecture in Wales from the Medieval period to the present day, excluding castles and fortifications, ecclesiastical architecture and industrial architecture. It covers the history of domestic, commercial, and administrative architecture.
context_section_description: The 1974 Re-organisation of Local Government in Wales led to a rash of vastly ambitious building programme.  This mainly centred on the building of new headquarters for the County Councils to assert their identity and the building of Leisure and Arts centres. The subsequent further reform of Local Government, particularly in 1996, has made some of these developments look unnecessary and superfluous.
caption: Flintshire Shire Hall, Mold 1966–68
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