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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 …
Flexible steel forms riverside apartments
A new residential complex in the centre of Chelmsford has made use of steel’s inherent flexibility for top floor penthouses and a long span curved roof. A …
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 …
Residential block reaps flooring system benefits
A new city centre apartment development in Plymouth is making quick progress by extensively using the Slimdek flooring solution by Corus. Martin Cooper …
Multi-purpose scheme extends town centre
A £100M retail and residential development in Milton Keynes is making substantial and innovative use of steel to integrate a number of different grid plans. …
