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COMMENDATION: Fire Station Auditorium, Sunderland
A central feature of the Sunderland Music and Culture Quarter, a new steel-framed performance space has combined flexibility, architectural excellence and …
COMMENDATION: Central Atrium at Hilltop, RHS Wisley
Structural steelwork provided all the answers for a new sustainably-designed education and science centre formed with two ‘wings’ that are connected by an …
COMMENDATION: One Braham, London
Featuring large amounts of exposed internal steelwork, a prestigious bespoke commercial development forms part of a wider Aldgate masterplan. FACT …
COMMENDATION: One Crown Place, London
Forming the centrepiece of a central London mixed-use development, two residential towers are supported by 15 steel trusses. FACT FILEArchitect:KPFStructural …
MERIT: Pace Gallery, Hanover Square, London
A cleverly reconfigured space, with a central steel staircase, is the new home for a leading international art gallery FACT FILEArchitect: Jamie Fobert …
MERIT: LCT 7074 Canopy, The D-Day Story, Portsmouth
A slender steel canopy protects and highlights the sole surviving Landing Craft Tank (LCT) from the D-Day landings. FACT FILEArchitect: Pritchard …
MERIT: Hydro Ness, Inverness
Taking the inspiration for its shape from salmon swimming upstream, a unique riverside scheme will generate approximately 550,000 kWh of renewable electricity …
MERIT: Houlton School, Rugby
Steel construction has allowed an historically significant radio station building to be retained and converted into a large secondary and sixth form school. …
SSDA 2022 National Finalists
22 Bishopsgate, London FACT FILEArchitect: PLP ArchitectureStructural engineer: WSPSteelwork contractor: SeverfieldMain contractor: MultiplexClient: Lipton …
More from the history of steel design code development
David Brown of the SCI looks at the work of Professor J. F. Baker, author of The Steel Skeleton, finding many issues of direct relevance to today’s designers …
