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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 …
SSDA 2007 – Bishop’s Bridge Road Bridge, London
Constructing a new bridge over a number of obstacles, including mainline rail, demanded an innovative approach to minimise disruption. This new road bridge was …
SSDA 2007 – Palestra, Blackfriars Road, London
Dancing columns and cantilever floors have formed an architecturally striking office building. Palestra is a state-of-the-art 103,000m² 12-storey office …
Precision engineering for London office block
Computer-driven and time saving fire engineering has resulted in a more cost effective construction programme on one of London’s latest multi-storey office …
Steel solutions for academia
An innovative hanging floor arrangement and modular cores, all behind a retained façade, have all helped to keep a major London academic project to schedule. …
Quick construction was crucial for St Paul’s kiosk
A new and distinctive steel framed kiosk has recently been erected in front of one of London’s most famous landmarks in one overnight programme. The new …
Mega complex to transform west London
Greater London’s largest shopping centre will open in October 2008. Martin Cooper reports on the structural challenges and the significant role steel has …
London gets signature towers
The City of London’s next high rise office development contains British Land’s Broadgate Tower and 201 Bishopsgate buildings – iconic steel structures …
Building bridges for east London
A total of ten new steel bridges have been erected as part of the northern extension to the East London Railway. Martin Cooper walks the line from Shoreditch …
