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City centre regeneration
A mixed-use scheme consisting of student accommodation, an hotel and retail/leisure units will revitalise a key gateway into Liverpool city centre. Martin …
V&A underground extension opens to the public
Designed by Amanda Levete Architects, the Victoria & Albert Museum’s new underground extension has been officially opened. Known as the Exhibition Road …
Royals visit the Kelpies
Her Majesty The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh visited the Kelpies to unveil a commemorative plaque and open a new section of the Forth & Clyde Canal. …
Inspiring memorial
A 31m-high weathering steel spire forms the centrepiece of a memorial to those who served with Bomber Command. A total of 27 Bomber Command bases were located …
Award – The Kelpies, Falkirk
Two 30m high steel framed equine sculptures, known as The Kelpies, form the centrepiece of Falkirk’s community based parkland scheme, The Helix Project. A …
Kelpies give the nod to steel
Complex tubular steelwork has formed two 30m high equine heads that are an integral and highly visible signpost to a large Scottish regeneration scheme. Martin …
Art signposts seat of learning
The centrepiece of a new steel framed university teaching block is a hanging artwork of Christian symbols. The latest instalment in the University of …
Tate Modern expands with steel extension
More than 5,500m² of exhibition and display space will be added to London’s Tate Modern when its 10-storey high steel framed extension is completed. Being …
News in Brief: Nov 2013
The steel framed Coop headquarters in Manchester is said to be the UK’s most environmentally friendly building after it was given a BREEAM score of 95.16%, …
Transport museum inspires art exhibition
Glasgow’s steel-framed Riverside Transport Museum is the focus of prize-winning artist Patricia Cain’s ‘construction art’ exhibition, being held at a …
