1974 has proved to be a vintage year for the SSDA scheme. There was a record number of entries and their quality was very high indeed. So high in fact that the judges had great difficulty in making their selection and finally decided that it was necessary to give three commendations in addition to the six awards. The variety in these nine designs demonstrates that steel is the material par excellence for the economical, efficient and visually satisfying tangible expression of the designer’s ideas.

The National Motor Museum

at Beaulieu, Hants, for the Trustees of the National Motor Museum and Montagu Ventures (Lord Montagu of Beaulieu)
ARCHITECTS
Leonard Manasseh & Partners
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS
Felix J. Samuely & Partners
STEELWORK CONTRACTORS
Dibben Structural Engineers

Bonar Bridge

On A9 trunk road, Kyle of Sutherland, for the Scottish Development Department
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS
Crouch and Hogg
STEELWORK CONTRACTORS
Redpath Dorman Long (Contracting) Ltd

Head Office at Halifax

For the Halifax Building Society
ARCHITECTS
Building Design Partnership
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS
Building Design Partnership
STEELWORK CONTRACTORS
Robert Watson & Co (Constructional Engineers) Ltd

St Katherine-by-the-Tower Inner Lifting Bridge

At St. Katherine Docks, London for Taylor Woodrow Property Co.
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS
Ove Arup & Partners
STEELWORK CONTRACTORS
Boulton & Paul (Steel Construction) Ltd and
Mole Richardson (Stage and Studio Engineering) Ltd

Flower Market

at New Covent Garden Market, Nine Elms, London, for the Covent Garden Market Authority
ARCHITECTS
Gollins, Marvin, Ward and Partners
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS
Clark Nicholls and Marcel
STEELWORK CONTRACTORS
Dawnays Limited

225-ton Goliath Crane

at Kingston Shipbuilding Yard, Port Glasgow for Lithgow
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS
Clarke Chapman – John Thompson Ltd, Sir William Arrol Branch
STEELWORK CONTRACTORS
Clarke Chapman – John Thompson Ltd, Sir William Arrol Branch

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Commended

Bletchley Leisure Pool

at Milton Keynes, Bucks, for Milton Keynes UDC
ARCHITECTS
Faulkner-Brown, Hendy, Watkinson, Stonor
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS
Waterhouse and Partners in collaboration with Robert Frazer and Sons Ltd
STEELWORK CONTRACTORS
Robert Frazer and Sons Ltd

The Michael Sobell Pavilions

for Apes and Monkeys at London Zoo for the Zoological Society of London
ARCHITECTS
Architects Department of the Zoological Society of London
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS
Anthony Hunt Associates
STEELWORK CONTRACTORS
Space Frames – Sommerfeld Formwork Ltd
Mash – Carter Horseley (Engineers) Ltd

The Melrose Centre

at Milton Keynes, Bucks, for Milton Keynes UDC
ARCHITECTS
Colquhoun and Miller
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS
Felix Samuely and Partners
STEELWORK CONTRACTORS
South Coast Welders