50 & 20 Years Ago
Steel builds the New York World’s Fair
The New York World’s Fair was officially opened on Wednesday 22 April 1964 with 250,000 tons of structural steelwork inside it. Everything about the …
Steel for Speed at Port Talbot Amusement Park
Slenderness, lightness of appearance and speed of erection – all these advantages of steel construction are highlighted by the new Port Talbot amusement …
Steel for New Guinness Nigerian Brewery
From Building With Steel November 1963 The largest brewery that has ever been built abroad by a British firm is the new Ikeja brewery of Guinness (Nigeria) …
Extension of Gatwick Airport Facilities
From Building with Steel November 1963 Construction work which will more than double the size of the terminal building at London (Gatwick) Airport has started …
An umbrella for Oxford Circus
From Building with Steel November 1963 At 1.30 pm on Saturday August 3rd 1963, Oxford Circus and the surrounding streets were closed to all road traffic and …
Sun Printers Ltd, Watford – The adaptability of structural steelwork
The reconstructed and extended Watford works of Sun Printers Limited have attracted visitors from the printing industries of the United States, the Soviet …
50 Years Ago: “Wheelwright” Arched Car Park Design Saves Cost and Space
From Building with Steel May 1963 In an increasingly motorised civilisation finding space for the motorcar has become a major difficulty. Not only must new …
Interesting design of Rome Departmental Store
From Building with Steel May 1963 In recent years Italian architecture has attracted widespread attention. An interesting example of a contemporary steel …
50 Years Ago: Bowling Alleys
‘ . . . a steel frame was chosen (because) it was the most economical method of spanning such a large area without any intermediate columns and only by using …
50 Years Ago: Structural Steelwork in Newspaper Buildings
In designing the framework of a building to house newspaper plant and offices and in choosing the material to be used in its construction, the designer must …
