Digging into the archives
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From the archives: How Broadgate was built at record speed, 1986
¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ looks into how Rosehaugh, Stanhope and Bovis managed to build the first two phases of the now redeveloped City estate so quickly
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From the archives: Trouble at the Lloyd’s building, 1986
¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ reports mixed reactions from occupants and doubts about the building’s future prospects in a piece published shortly after the opening of the Richard Rogers-designed landmark
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From the archives: The Pompidou Centre, 1977
¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ covers the opening of Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano’s revolutionary Paris art centre, the first major example of an ‘inside-out’ building
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From the archives: The National Theatre, 1976
¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ interviews legendary modernist architect Denys Lasdun following the opening of his masterpiece on London’s South Bank
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From the Archives: Queen Elizabeth II opens the Barbican Centre, 1982
¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ reported the official opening of the controversial project and wondered what the world would make of it
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From the archives: The new London Bridge, 1973
¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ looks at how London’s most historic crossing was replaced with a relatively overlooked concrete bridge
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From the archives: ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ covers the 1964 election
As Labour stands on the brink of a historic election victory, Tom Lowe looks at how ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ covered Harold Wilson’s successful campaign 60 years ago.
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From the archives: Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral, 1967
The recently rebranded ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ magazine recounts the challenges of building one of the UK’s last great church projects
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From the archives: The Festival of Britain, 1951
A summer event showcasing the best of Britain’s modernist architecture helps London to embrace its postwar future
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From the archives: Planning the postwar New Towns, 1945-46
The Builder reports on the development of a vast new wave of housing to replace the homes destroyed by wartime bombing
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From the archives: Rebuilding the House of Commons chamber, 1945
The green benches are restored, but an opportunity to reform the way Parliament works for post-war Britain is missed
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From the archives: How buildings were affected by the atomic bombs dropped on Japan, 1946
The Builder summarises a government report from Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the aftermath of the attacks which ended the Second World War
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Those were the days… ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ editors look back at how construction has changed
As we come to the end of our 180th year, our current editor invited four of her predecessors to pick out the memorable stories they covered spanning over 30 years of ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ’s history
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From the archives: Britain celebrates victory in Europe, 1945
The Builder marks the surrender of Nazi Germany as Britain looks to the future
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From the archives: The Blitz, 1940-41
The Builder reports as London is assaulted by nightly German bombing raids
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From the archives: Outbreak of the Second World War, 1939
The Builder prepares the industry for the hardships which lie ahead following Britain’s declaration of war on Nazi Germany
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From the archives: The Daily Express ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ, 1932
The Builder reviews the newly built Fleet Street landmark, now considered one of London’s best Art Deco buildings
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From the archives: The Chrysler ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ and the Empire State ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ, 1930
New York’s tower craze restarts following a 15-year lull as two of the city’s most famous towers race to become the world’s tallest
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From the archives: The construction of New York’s Woolworth ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ, 1911-13
How ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ charted the rise of the Big Apple’s tallest pre-First World War skyscraper
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The chaotic life of ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ founder and architect Joseph Aloysius Hansom
To celebrate ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ’s 180th anniversary, Tom Lowe talks to historian Penelope Harris ahead of the publication of her biography of the magazine’s founder