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A design in isolation
A number of performance spaces, all needing to be acoustically isolated, have been constructed with a complex steel design at the new Guildhall School premises …
Historic tea clipper Cutty Sark reopens
Her Majesty The Queen, accompanied by His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh, has officially reopened the Cutty Sark, the world’s last surviving tea …
Frames for feature façade
A large mixed use scheme currently being developed near Regent’s Park in London is relying on steel construction’s inherent qualities for its commercial …
British Museum expands with steel
Steelwork erection will begin this summer for a new World Conservation and Exhibitions Centre at the British Museum in London. Rowecord Engineering will erect …
Steel creates modern office spaces
Today, companies want offices that are large, open plan and flexible, and the best way of creating such spaces is with structural steelwork. One Howick Place …
Work starts on iconic London river crossing
By the end of the year London will have a new river crossing and the UK’s first urban passenger cable car. To be known as the Emirates Air Line, it will …
Yellow becomes green
A steel frame has provided all the answers for a complex shaped storage facility in west London for Big Yellow. NSC reports. Anew energy efficient, …
All change at London station
Blackfriars Station fully re-opens early next year after the completion of a complex refurbishment programme. Martin Cooper reports on a project which has made …
20 Years Ago: Embankment Place, London WC2
From STEEL CONSTRUCTION, December 1991 Embankment Place is a major office development built in the air rights above the platforms of Charing Cross railway …
Work on track at London’s Blackfriars Station
The redevelopment of Blackfriars is progressing on schedule and the first 12 car Thameslink trains will be able to use the station by the end of the year. With …
