50 & 20 Years Ago
50 Years Ago: An Evolutionary Building in London – The 26-storey Shell Centre
From Building with Steel, August 1961 More than 6,300 tons of steel, rising from basement to roof, to a height of 389 ft., are contained in the tower block …
20 Years Ago: Manchester Airport Terminal 2
Taken from STEEL CONSTRUCTION, February 1991 The first phase of Manchester Airport’s £570 million development was recently (1991) ‘topped out’ by …
50 Years Ago: Overseas Buildings in Steel
From Building with Steel, August 1961
50 Years Ago: A cinema under the stars
First published in BUILDING WITH STEEL, May 1961 All welded steel structure for supporting the cinema screen of a new ‘drive-in’ cinema in Trinidad. Set …
20 Years Ago: Steelwork for people on the move
First published in STEEL CONSTRUCTION, April 1991 Britain’s economic future depends on developing more efficient ways of moving people and freight between …
20 Years Ago: 250 tonnes of steelwork erected in 12 hours
Taken from STEEL CONSTRUCTION, February 1991 Robert Watson & Co (Constructional Engineers) Ltd commenced erection of steel on Rosehough Stanhope’s …
20 Years Ago: BCSA sponsor Plymouth steel structure
Taken from STEEL CONSTRUCTION, February 1991 This series of red brick columns standing close to the existing Penzance line are all that remain of a viaduct …
50 Years Ago: A Monitor Roof using Castella Beams
From Building with Steel, May 1961 Castella beams are used to considerable advantage in the roof construction of a very large Design Office which forms part of …
20 Years Ago: Aircraft Hangars
Taken from STEEL CONSTRUCTION, February 1991 by Rollo Reid, BSc, CEng, MICE A mystery is lurking in the swamps in which airfields are built. From the murky …
50 Years Ago: Steel for Ecclesiastical Buildings
From Building with Steel, May 1961 Temples and, later, churches were probably the world’s first architect designed buildings. Art flourishes best when …
