50 & 20 Years Ago
50 Years Ago: Steel’s contribution to the Oil and Petro-Chemical Industries
FROM BUILDING WITH STEEL, FEBRUARY 1961 Steel, in one form or another, is used more extensively than any other metal in practically every branch of the oil and …
50 Years Ago – Multi-Storey Car Parks
From Building With Steel, February 1961 THE ZIDPARK The first multi-storey, fully automatic car park in Britain is being erected on a Thames-side city site. …
20 Years Ago: Plantasia – Oasis Park, Swansea
From STEEL CONSTRUCTION, December 1990 Plantasia – a tropical hothouse is the central feature of the retail shopping park at Swansea. The 1600 sq m, …
50 Years Ago: Runcorn-Widnes Bridge
The New Runcorn-Widnes Bridge is of the arched design and has a central span of 1,082 ft with side spans of 250 ft. The bridge is approached by reinforced …
20 Years Ago: David Mellor Factory, Hathersage, Derbyshire
From STEEL CONSTRUCTION, December 1990 The David Mellor Factory is a circular building with a domed steel roof structure spanning 28 metres from a natural …
20 Years Ago: BCSA Photographer of the Year Competition 1990
Commendation, Amateur Category awarded to Michael Doyle Mr Doyle’s Photograph shows Minster Court, Great Tower Street, London. Architect: GMW Partnership …
20 Years Ago: The Pavilions – Uxbridge Town Centre
For Prudential Assurance Co Ltd The original Town Centre Development was completed in 1973 and comprised of over 50,000m2of retail space, open precincts, …
50 Years Ago: Contemporary Factory Design – some notable examples
H. J. HEINZ COMPANY’S KITT GREEN FACTORY NEAR WIGAN LANCASHIRE This is the Commonwealth’s largest food processing plant covering an area of 130 acres …
50 Years Ago: An example of steel’s flexibility – Harringay Arena
In the years before and after the Second World War, Harringay Arena was a name intimately associated with a wide variety of sports – in particular, ice …
