50 & 20 Years Ago
Industrial buildings
From Building with Steel, February 1971 The Conder Group is well known for its standard industrial buildings – catalogued buildings in fact. But this …
Framed in Steel
From Building in Steel – November 1970 This latest house from Michael Manser has a structural steel frame as have many of his previous designs. The …
Clad in Cor-Ten
In this article Valerie and John Winter describe the house they designed for themselves and their family. It is interesting as being the first application of …
House and Studio
Richard + Su Rogers believe in using available materials to create individual houses by industrialised techniques. John Young here describes two recent …
Structural Steel Design Awards 1970
As in 1969, the British Steel Corporation in conjunction with the British Constructional Steelwork Association has presented awards for structural steelwork …
Set square in Steel
From BUILDING WITH STEEL November 1970 A few years ago Ken Bartlett designed a steel housing system for a competition organized by the then ECSC. He has …
Okura Hotel, Amsterdam
A type of high-rise building growing in use is that with a reinforced concrete services core with a surrounding structural steelwork frame. JG Buisman, Project …
Tall storage
The high cost and scarcity of land have led to the development of Highbay storage systems. R. Dunning, CEng, AMIStructE, Senior Structural Engineer, Storage …
Manchester Road Bridge
Using a principle of mechanics centuries old this new bridge has been described as a ‘shaduf in steel’. This design however makes use of the latest …
Packaged buildings for cash and carry
From Building with Steel, May 1970 Butler Buildings (UK) Limited, London office at 113 Upper Richmond Road, SW15, are at present engaged in a program for Crest …
