Projects and Features
COMMENDATION – The Ribbon, London
A ten-storey steel-framed commercial building known as The Ribbon is the latest high-profile development helping to rejuvenate the eastern end of London’s …
COMMENDATION – 334 Oxford Street, London
A former flagship department store has been transformed into a mixed-use development via an innovative retrofit programme. FACT FILEArchitect: Allford Hall …
MERIT – Stonecutter, London
Careful material specification and sustainable steel procurement have delivered substantial embodied carbon reductions for a central London commercial scheme. …
MERIT – The Whale on the Wharf (Skyscraper), London
A sculpture depicting a breaching whale is fabricated from reclaimed steelwork and clad with five tonnes of plastic recovered from the Pacific and Atlantic …
MERIT – PUMA Flagship Store, London
A prominent retail scheme has demonstrated how careful analysis and onsite steelwork alterations can transform an existing building, while preserving occupied …
MERIT – Sandyford House, Newcastle upon Tyne
A redundant 1970s office building, at a prominent gateway into Newcastle city centre, has been converted into a residential development with a distinctive …
MERIT – Tan House Footbridge, Berkshire
Repurposed steelwork has helped create the distinctive architectural form of a 53m-long, triple-span railway crossing in Wokingham. FACT FILEDesigner: Format …
SSDA 2026 National Finalists
The Bolt of Lightning, Warrington FACT FILEArchitect: Peter W NaylorStructural Engineer: WSPMain Contractor: D Morgan plcClient: Miller Developments Standing …
Leadership that strengthens the steel supply chain
As quotas, tariffs, the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism and changing supply routes add complexity to steel procurement, Barrett Steel is investing in the …
Deflections of steel frames in fire – don’t be misled by simple calculations or the Cardington tests
Dr Graham Couchman of SCI aims to show why there are currently no easy answers to the question of beam deflections in fire, but there are many reasons why some …
