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Gallery showcases bespoke portals
A visually stunning ammonite-shaped art gallery featuring no internal columns and a frame which gets progressively higher and wider is under construction in …
Steel forms crescent shaped gallery
Steelwork is nearing completion on the highly unusual £16.5M firstsite:newsite project in Colchester, Essex. The job is an ambitious partnership to create a …
Accreditation Scheme
The National Cold War Exhibition opens this month displaying a unique range of historic aircraft now preserved in an innovative steel structure, reports …
Steel takes the RIBA prizes
Three of the six shortlisted projects for the prestigious 2006 RIBA Stirling Prize were steel structures, including the overall winner. Picking up the £20,000 …
Steel on track
The Lee Valley Athletics Centre is a state-of-the-art facility boasting both indoor and outdoor tracks. Martin Cooper reports on steel’s integral role. East …
RIBA Awards recognise steel projects
Steel buildings were well represented at the recent Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Awards for 2006. The Evelina Children’s Hospital in London …
SSDA 2006 – National Assembly for Wales, Cardiff
This structure features an undulating roof, held up with minimal visible effort, suspended over a transparent enclosure atop a solid plinth. When Her Majesty …
Children help create hospital with ‘wow’ factor
The new Evelina Children’s Hospital in London sets new standards for design and patient care, as Margo Cole reports. During the Victorian era hospitals, like …
Historic planes come in from the cold
A new aviation museum in Shropshire designed to evoke the Cold War is set to make its mark on the landscape, reports Margo Cole. The Royal Air Force Museum …
Coal-cutting machinery inspired heritage centre roof
Construction is well under way of a project which will transform Woodhorn Colliery in Northumberland into a major cultural attraction. Focal point of …
