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Integrating Services and Structure
Proposed office developments must demonstrate minimum impact on the environment and maximum flexibility for a long sustainable life. Steel shows the way with …
Structural Steel Design Awards 2002
Ms Zara Lamont OBE, Chief Executive of the Federation of Construction Clients, presented the awards at the Savoy Hotel, London, on Thursday 20th June 2002. …
The Gateshead Millennium Bridge
The Wilkinson Eyre Architects and Gifford design is the winning entry to a 1997 competition for a major new crossing over the River Tyne. The £22m project, …
TNT FastTrack, Magna Park, Lutterworth
TNT UK Ltd needed a large distribution facility for its subsidiary TNT Retail Services to service Primark, a fashion retailer trading from over 100 high street …
SSDA 2002: The Falkirk Wheel
By any measure the Falkirk Wheel is an unusual structure. Weighing approximately 1400t without water it is a large machine. Raising and lowering boats in a …
Premier Place, Devonshire Square, London EC2
Following a limited competition in 1996, Bennetts Associates was appointed by BT Properties to design an office building on the site of its redundant …
Tattersalls Grandstand, Newbury Racecourse
The new Tattersall Stand at Newbury Racecourse in Berkshire provides upgraded betting, viewing and catering facilities whilst also offering a new venue for …
National Space Centre, Leicester
The National Space Centre is the UK’s only attraction dedicated to space science and astronomy. The design comprises three principal elements: a main …
The Magna Project, Rotherham
Magna is a Millennium Commission funded building that re-uses the redundant steelworks at Templeborough, Rotherham to create a hands-on science adventure …
MPV, Church Walk, Leeds
Union North was briefed to develop a set of four railway arches as a bar/club/pavement café, replacing existing retail and light industrial units. Several …
