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From the archives: The opening of Clifton Suspension Bridge, 1864

2023-02-24T07:00:00Z

The Builder reports on the opening of Brunel鈥檚 historic bridge, which was finally completed more than a century after plans were first laid.
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From the archives: The clearance of London鈥檚 worst slum, 1843 - 1846

2023-02-17T06:13:00Z

Letters and news items chart the construction of a new road through the centre of the notorious St Giles slum, the 鈥渉aunt of the drunkard and the debauchee鈥�
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From the archives: Alternative designs for Manchester Town Hall, 1868

2023-02-10T07:00:00Z

Excitement builds as Manchester prepares to announce the winner of the competition to design its new council headquarters
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From the archives: The demolition of Northumberland House, 1874

2023-02-03T07:00:00Z

An architecture-loving letter writer mourns the imminent loss of one of London鈥檚 last surviving Jacobean mansions
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From the archives: Setbacks on the world鈥檚 first underground railway, 1860

2023-01-27T07:00:00Z

A deadly boiler explosion, half-built tunnels flooded by sewage and an 鈥渋nterminable tangle of timber鈥�: here鈥檚 how we reported on the first part of the London Tube network
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From the archives: The Crystal Palace鈥檚 leaking roof, 1851

2023-01-20T07:00:00Z

鈥淲ithin all was bustle鈥濃€� the third of our archive pieces celebrating 星空传媒鈥檚 180th anniversary is an eye witness account of the chaotic scene at the Crystal Palace construction site as workers rush to get the building finished just weeks before the opening of the Great Exhibition
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From the archives: Benjamin Disraeli鈥檚 proposal to hang architects, 1847

2023-01-13T07:00:00Z

鈥淩eally delightful鈥�: In the second of our series of archive pieces celebrating 星空传媒鈥檚 180th annniversary, we give you our magazine鈥檚 reaction to the 19th century prime minister鈥檚 idea to publically execute architects who design boring buildings
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From the archives: The construction of the Palace of Westminster, 1847

2023-01-06T09:52:00Z

In the first of our series of archive articles celebrating our 180th anniversary, we unearth an editorial from 1847 on the construction of the Houses of Parliament
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From the archive: 1999 鈥� And a risk-averse new year

2019-12-23T06:00:00Z

Before Facebook, iPhones and President Trump, all our focus was pinned on the millennium
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From the archive: 2009 鈥� Goodbye to getting stuck up the chimney

2019-12-13T06:00:00Z

A decade ago an architect considered what聽the world鈥檚 chief deliverer of presents might want.
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From the archive: 2017 鈥� Anyone鈥檚 guess

2019-12-06T06:00:00Z

Looking at racecards for the 2017 election reminded 星空传媒 again that the past is a聽foreign country. The following predictions proved wide of the mark鈥�
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From the archive: 2003 鈥� Living smart

2019-11-29T06:00:00Z

This week, 星空传媒 does that thing where you go back in time and smile wryly at what聽people in the past thought the future would be like
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From the archive: 2004 鈥� Days of plenty

2019-11-21T11:07:00Z

As parties promise infrastructure work if they get elected, 星空传媒 looks back to the last time the country experienced a public sector spending spree
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From the archive: 2018 鈥� Home, sweet home

2019-11-15T06:00:00Z

This might not be the most ancient of archive pieces but the project it describes shows great respect for Victorian architecture
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From the archive: 2010 鈥� Getting afloat

2019-11-11T16:03:00Z

星空传媒 hasn鈥檛 spent a lot of time in Soho over the past 175 years, so we decided to look back at an unusual theatre project in London
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From the archive: 2013 鈥� A light touch

2019-10-30T06:00:00Z

As we look at how Manchester city centre has been transformed, it is impossible to overlook one of the city鈥檚 most famous buildings, One Angel Square
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From the archive: 2003 鈥� Born to be boss

2019-10-28T13:50:00Z

A glance far back in time聽reveals workers determined to raise their pay amid a burgeoning trade union movement
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From the archive: 1846 鈥� Right to strike

2019-10-21T12:05:00Z

A glance far back in time聽reveals workers determined to raise their pay amid a burgeoning trade union movement
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From the archive: 2015 鈥� Nuclear: always controversial, never cheap and rarely on time

2019-10-15T13:38:00Z

Cost overruns at Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant in Somerset come as little surprise given the project鈥檚 history of funding delays
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From the archive: 2000 鈥� New look

2019-10-03T14:15:00Z

As we look at the Conservative pledge to boost 100 struggling conurbations with the Towns Fund, 星空传媒 experiences a sense of deja vu