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Steel takes to the stage
A steel-framed commercial building forms one of the main elements of £750M mixed-use development in Shoreditch that also includes the remains of a …
Ship-shape residences
The first phase of an ambitious residential scheme, overlooking the Manchester Ship Canal, has chosen a steel-framed solution for its first two apartment …
Capital regeneration
Numerous column grid patterns, requiring hundreds of tonnes of transfer structures, are helping to create a large retail-led mixed-use scheme in central …
Inspired design
A number of challenges have been overcome to erect a steel-framed student accommodation scheme that shares a constrained site with a Grade-A listed church …
Merit: Thirty Broadwick, London
The structural design of Thirty Broadwick offers optimised lettable floor areas within Soho’s tight streetscape, and replaces a tired building with one that …
West End addition
The latest scheme in London’s ongoing St James’s redevelopment is an eight-storey steel-framed office block which will help to further enhance the area’s …
Steel frame accommodates innovation
A flat soffit and exposed steelwork will all work towards creating a suitable industrial-looking environment for a university’s engineering and research …
Peak development
Cambridge’s tallest office block will form the centrepiece of the city’s ambitious CB1 master plan. Cambridge is currently a hive of construction activity, …
Cast-in plates
Richard Henderson of the SCI discusses the design of plates cast into concrete to connect to steel beams and the forthcoming SCI design guide. Introduction It …
