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Reach for the sky
Heron Tower, the City of London’s tallest building has been widely praised for its emphasis on quality and sustainability. Martin Cooper revisits another …
Economic design drives commercial scheme
A new UK headquarters for a European banking organisation is quickly taking shape with the aid of a steel frame. Martin Cooper reports from Pancras Square. One …
Retail buys into rooftop garden
A mixed use regeneration scheme in east London features a rooftop private garden that sits above a supermarket. London’s skyline is continually changing and …
Aldgate rising
A steel solution has allowed the construction of an 18-storey commercial development to be built on top of an existing raft foundation originally designed to …
Additions enhance City office block
A former banking headquarters in the City of London is being converted into a new and spacious office development with additional new structural steel …
An umbrella for Oxford Circus
From Building with Steel November 1963 At 1.30 pm on Saturday August 3rd 1963, Oxford Circus and the surrounding streets were closed to all road traffic and …
Steel leads the way for Crossrail developments
Three major office developments at Farringdon and Paddington Crossrail stations are set to be built with structural steelwork. Plans have been submitted for a …
Tata Steel and BCSA to host essential seminars
A new series of Steel Essentials seminars has been scheduled for this autumn at venues in Cardiff, London, Leeds and Edinburgh. The seminars provide an …
Foundation reuse creates sustainable landmark
An extensive sustainability agenda, incorporating the reuse of existing piles, resulted in a 16-storey London commercial development replacing an old …
Isaac Newton Academy added to video case study series
The Framed in Steel series of video case studies has been enlarged with the addition of the Isaac Newton Academy. Located in Ilford, east London the £30M …
