Digging into the archives – Page 15

  • Palace of westminster
    Features

    This week in 1850

    2014-11-07T06:00:00Z

    The restructuring of the Palace of Westminster is hit by delays, cost overruns and controversy

  • Archive 3110
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    This week in 1974

    2014-10-31T06:00:00Z

    The government was in a predicament on construction 40 years ago not too different from the one it faces now

  • National Theatre
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    This week in 1976

    2014-10-24T06:00:00Z

    Ahead of the official opening of the National Theatre, Ðǿմ«Ã½ met its architect Denys Lasdun

  • Rocking all over the world
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    This week in 2004

    2014-10-17T06:00:00Z

    Ðǿմ«Ã½â€™s report from 10 years ago on ‘QS mania’

  • London eye
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    This week in 1999

    2014-10-10T06:00:00Z

    It’s been 15 years since the Millennium Wheel was hoisted upright on London’s South Bank

  • Graduates Sept 09
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    This week in 2009

    2014-09-19T06:00:00Z

    Five years ago Ðǿմ«Ã½ spoke to the graduates struggling to find work in the sector

  • holyrood
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    This week in 2004

    2014-09-12T06:00:00Z

    Ðǿմ«Ã½ gives its architectural review of the new Scottish Parliament building in Holyrood

  • Scotland archve index
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    This week in 1999

    2014-08-29T09:57:00Z

    As the Scottish independence debate continues, we look at the opening of the Scottish parliament in 1999

  • WWI index
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    This week in 1914

    2014-08-08T06:00:00Z

    This week, Britain commemorated the centenary of its entry into the First World War. See our article from 1914

  • Chapman
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    This week in 1974

    2014-08-01T06:00:00Z

    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

  • 1974 training archive
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    This week in 1974

    2014-07-18T06:00:00Z

    As the construction industry faces a skills shortage, Ðǿմ«Ã½â€™s issue published July 1974 shows the sector facing similar problems

  • Archive Lego
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    This week in ... 1994

    2014-07-04T06:00:00Z

    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

  • Getting down to grassroots
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    This week in ... 1994

    2014-06-20T11:00:00Z

    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

  • Archive Millennium Bridge
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    This week in ... 2000

    2014-06-13T06:00:00Z

    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

  • archive 2006 world cup
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    This week in ... 2006

    2014-06-06T06:00:00Z

    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

  • Self-service developers B
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    This week in... 1979

    2014-05-30T06:00:00Z

    This week we pull a story about the development of large-scale supermarkets from the Ðǿմ«Ã½ archives

  • Prefab 1964
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    This week in … 1964

    2014-04-11T12:05:00Z

    In April 1964 Beatles were flying high in the US singles chart and April 1964 we looked at a prefabricated hexagonal house

  • 1914 article index
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    This week in ... 1914

    2014-04-04T11:48:00Z

    We look back 100 years to 1914 when The Builder magazine was … Looking back 50 years to 1864

  • The Builder March 1939 archive index
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    This week in ... 1939

    2014-03-28T06:00:00Z

    Over 70 years ago The Builder drew attention to that rare breed: a woman architect. Oh how times have changed …

  • The Builder 1864 Smithfield article
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    This week in ... 1864

    2014-03-21T06:00:00Z

    Controversy surrounding the development of Smithfield market? Not just in 2014, but also exactly 150 years ago in the pages of The Builder