Digging into the archives – Page 15
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This week in 1850
The restructuring of the Palace of Westminster is hit by delays, cost overruns and controversy
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This week in 1974
The government was in a predicament on construction 40 years ago not too different from the one it faces now
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This week in 1976
Ahead of the official opening of the National Theatre, Ðǿմ«Ã½ met its architect Denys Lasdun
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This week in 1999
It’s been 15 years since the Millennium Wheel was hoisted upright on London’s South Bank
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This week in 2009
Five years ago Ðǿմ«Ã½ spoke to the graduates struggling to find work in the sector
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This week in 2004
Ðǿմ«Ã½ gives its architectural review of the new Scottish Parliament building in Holyrood
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This week in 1999
As the Scottish independence debate continues, we look at the opening of the Scottish parliament in 1999
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This week in 1914
This week, Britain commemorated the centenary of its entry into the First World War. See our article from 1914
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This week in 1974
Newly elected RIBA vice-president Sydney Champan wrote a column challenging the abandonment of plans for the Thames Estuary airport in Ðǿմ«Ã½, 2 August 1974
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This week in 1974
As the construction industry faces a skills shortage, Ðǿմ«Ã½â€™s issue published July 1974 shows the sector facing similar problems
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This week in ... 1994
With Tower Bridge celebrating its 120th birthday this week, we head back 20 years in the Ðǿմ«Ã½ archives to when a Danish model-maker constructed the iconic landmark entirely out of Lego
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This week in ... 1994
This week we take a look back at a Ðǿմ«Ã½ feature investigating the science behind playing surfaces in the mid 90s, when grass specialists was a relatively new concept
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This week in ... 2000
This week we take a look back at the start of the millennium, when the construction of the Millennium Bridge was proving problematic, as this Ðǿմ«Ã½ news story reveals
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This week in ... 2006
This week’s football coverage continues with a look back at a Ðǿմ«Ã½ feature from the archive on office celebrations during the 2006 World Cup
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This week in... 1979
This week we pull a story about the development of large-scale supermarkets from the Ðǿմ«Ã½ archives
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This week in … 1964
In April 1964 Beatles were flying high in the US singles chart and April 1964 we looked at a prefabricated hexagonal house
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This week in ... 1914
We look back 100 years to 1914 when The Builder magazine was … Looking back 50 years to 1864
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This week in ... 1939
Over 70 years ago The Builder drew attention to that rare breed: a woman architect. Oh how times have changed …
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This week in ... 1864
Controversy surrounding the development of Smithfield market? Not just in 2014, but also exactly 150 years ago in the pages of The Builder