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A view from the top
An 18m-high walkway will give visitors to Kew Gardens a unique birds-eye view of the park and the tree canopy. Martin Cooper reports on how weathering steel is …
SCI pays tribute to retiring director
The Steel Construction Institute’s Director Dr Graham Owens marked his resignation after a 21-year career at the Institute, at the annual dinner held at the …
Olympic authority unveils designs for 2012 stadium
The design for the eagerly awaited London Olympic Stadium has been made public by the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA). The 80,000 seat, predominantly steel, …
Delivering a hotel with a difference
A new Spanish-owned five-star hotel featuring a distinctive triangular ten-storey steel framed atrium is being constructed in central London. Martin Cooper …
Towers of London
The high-rise skyline of the Isle of Dogs will shortly be augmented by two more steel framed office blocks which have replaced an earlier design for one large …
40 Years Ago: Attractive new bridge at Windsor
Taken from Building with Steel, 1967 Victoria bridge, which carries the Datchet-Windsor road over the River Thames, was one of a pair constructed about 1851 by …
Mixed use development retains historic façade
A new steel framed commercial and residential project in a London conservation area required some intricate designing, around a retained façade, to allow it …
Converted house scoops Hot Dip Galvanizing Award
The redevelopment of 52 Huntington Street, London N1, known as the Zinc House, was the winner of the 15th annual Hot Dip Galvanizing Awards, held recently in …
40 Years Ago: A tower full of baths
Taken from Building with Steel, 1967 Six large Victorian houses at Lancaster Gate, London, are being converted into an international student’s hostel. With …
SSDA 2007 – The Young Vic Theatre, London
Maintaining the theatre’s ambience was successfully achieved with a new steel framed interior and roof. This is an extremely complex and intricate rebuild …
