50 & 20 Years Ago
Wagon Loading Station
In some ways these structures are not buildings, being essentially large plants with weatherproof covers. Nonetheless, they are very interesting and are …
Key Theatre
One of the latest additions to the growing number of theatres throughout the UK is the Key Theatre at Peterborough. Steel plays an important role in its …
Spic and span on Severn Bridge
Without maintenance few things can last. This is as true for bridges as for, say, a car. The County Surveyor’s Department of Gloucestershire County …
One-offs
There will always be houses designed exclusively for their occupiers – one-off design in fact. Among the architects who have handled this work is Michael …
Footbridges
From Building with Steel, August 1973 In the days when early Renaissance artists were required mainly to paint altar pieces they carried out many of their …
Cross Harbour Tunnel: Hong Kong
One of the most interesting submerged tube tunnels to have been built in recent years was the cross-harbour tunnel at Hong Kong. It is the longest of its …
Structural Steel Design Awards 1973
This is the fifth year of the Structural Steel Design Awards sponsored by the British Steel Corporation and the British Constructional Steelwork Association …
The Humber Bridge
Of the Severn Bridge Sir Misha Black has said it is ‘the finest artefact of the present age and no work of any contemporary painter or sculptor was its …
System Building at Milton Keynes
Industrial buildings are essential to Milton Keynes and have been intensively studied in the Development Corporation. The results are unusual and interesting …
From here to infinity
This article was originally conceived as a fantasy on long spans. Although it was intended as light relief it was thought that it might encourage lateral …
