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Extension of Gatwick Airport Facilities
From Building with Steel November 1963 Construction work which will more than double the size of the terminal building at London (Gatwick) Airport has started …
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 …
Sun Printers Ltd, Watford – The adaptability of structural steelwork
The reconstructed and extended Watford works of Sun Printers Limited have attracted visitors from the printing industries of the United States, the Soviet …
50 Years Ago: “Wheelwright” Arched Car Park Design Saves Cost and Space
From Building with Steel May 1963 In an increasingly motorised civilisation finding space for the motorcar has become a major difficulty. Not only must new …
Interesting design of Rome Departmental Store
From Building with Steel May 1963 In recent years Italian architecture has attracted widespread attention. An interesting example of a contemporary steel …
50 Years Ago: Bowling Alleys
‘ . . . a steel frame was chosen (because) it was the most economical method of spanning such a large area without any intermediate columns and only by using …
50 Years Ago: Structural Steelwork in Newspaper Buildings
In designing the framework of a building to house newspaper plant and offices and in choosing the material to be used in its construction, the designer must …
50 Years Ago: LTE Substation, Elephant & Castle
The comprehensive redevelopment of the Elephant and Castle is a part of the London County Council’s plan for the County. Very broadly, the redevelopment …
50 Years Ago: Steelwork for 150-ft bridge is erected in one weekend
Four hundred tons of structural steelwork for a 150-ft.-long steel bridge over Birmingham’s Inner Ring Road were erected within 34 hours last autumn. The …
50 Years Ago: New Ascot Grandstand
Steelwork was used for the frame of the new Queen Elizabeth II Stand at Ascot, which was opened last June after a construction period of only ten months, …
