 Much like many architects of his generation , following the British victory Hollamby pursued a career in local authority offices . He first worked as an architect for the Miners ' Welfare Commission from 1947 to 1949 , in this position designing pithead baths and a colliery extension at Lofthouse , Yorkshire . After gaining further qualifications from the Royal Institute of British Architects , he proceeded with a three @-@ year evening course in town planning , run by William Holford and Arthur Ling at the Bartlett School of Architecture , London . 
