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Steel supports Stirling Prize winner
The winner of the 2008 Stirling Prize went to the architectural teams of Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios (FCB), Alison Brooks Associates (ABA) and Macreanor …
Steel graduates at Bournemouth
An 11-storey steel framed student accommodation block has already become a well known structure in a town not previously renowned for its high rise buildings. …
SCI calls for clearer sustainable housing timetable
Dr Bassam Burgan, Deputy Director of SCI and Chair of the Steel Homes Group, has called on the Government to provide a clearer timescale for the introduction …
40 Years Ago: The world’s tallest residential-office building begins to climb
Taken from Building with Steel, 1968 The John Hancock Centre in Chicago has to climb to a height of 1,107ft above ground level before it is complete and …
SSDA 2008 – Bourbon Lane housing, London
A landmark Anglo-French affordable housing scheme, Bourbon Lane’s steelwork design has heralded a radical change for housing in the UK. “This is exactly …
Keeping the neighbours happy
A worn out 1960’s concrete structure in central London is being given a new lease of life with steel framed extensions, with the majority of the construction …
40 Years Ago: A panorama of steel
Taken from Building with Steel, 1968 One dictionary definition of panorama is ‘continuous passing scene’ and this pretty well sums up structural steelwork …
Student accommodation for steel city
Steelwork erection has recently been completed on the Broad Street student accommodation project in Sheffield, one of many multi-storey developments currently …
Ravenscraig regeneration gathers pace
The site of the former steelworks at Ravenscraig in North Lanarkshire will be the UK’s first new town in more than 50 years and home to more than 10,000 …
October 2008 – Reasons to be cheerful?
Financial markets have been going through unprecedented turmoil in recent months, and all industries have been dreading the possible impact on their own …