50 & 20 Years Ago
An intriguing sports pavilion design
When designing the sports pavilion and club house for a Cambridge firm the architects felt that if a sense of recreation and release were to be achieved the …
The new Coventry Swimming Baths
These splendid new swimming baths are now in full operation: a number of interesting design features are incorporated in the structure, one being the …
Chilbolton radio-telescope aerial
The 82-ft diameter steerable aerial at Chilbolton, Hampshire, for the radio Research Station of the Science Research Council has now reached the final stages …
Steelwork enclosures reduce transformer noise
One of the problems associated with modern power transformers is the noise they produce. The shortage of available land for power station and substation sites …
The adaptability of steelwork
(a) Alteration to the Academy cinema, Oxford St., London The original 600-seat Academy cinema was built at street level and is about 50 years old. In …
A restaurant in Hyde Park
A new modern restaurant has been built in Hyde Park on the banks of the Serpentine. It opened in July last year (1965) in The Dell, one of the prettiest parts …
Strictly for the birds
An aviary in the United States has been created using structural steel members. The Great Flight Cage at the National Zoo, Washington D.C. is 130 ft. diameter …
Special steel dock for aircraft tail
The huge steel framed hangar built to house VC10 jets of the British United Airways’ fleet was one of the major buildings completed at Gatwick this year. It …
Steel framed domestic dwellings
One of the most important social problems facing this country at the present time is the acute shortage of living accommodation. The problem is so urgent and …
Football Stand for 1966 World Cup Series
The directors of Manchester United Football Club had for some time been thinking in terms of developing the north side of the ground but it was not until late …
