Digging into the archives – Page 3

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From the archives: Benjamin Disraeli’s proposal to hang architects, 1847

2023-01-13T07:00:00Z

“Really delightful”: In the second of our series of archive pieces celebrating Building’s 180th annniversary, we give you our magazine’s reaction to the 19th century prime minister’s 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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Sketch of the week: The Poppy Factory

2020-05-08T05:00:00Z

This week’s #buildingdoodle is by architect practice Henley Halebrown
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Sketch of the week: City devoid of people

2020-05-01T16:13:00Z

This week’s #buildingdoodle is by San Francisco architect John Marx
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Sketch of the week: Brighton Business School, University of Brighton

2020-03-18T06:00:00Z

This week’s #buildingdoodle is by Ashley Munday, principal and head of design at Hassell
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Sketch of the week: Radley College, Oxfordshire

2020-03-09T06:00:00Z

This week’s #buildingdoodle is by Sam Wilson, senior architect at Gray Baynes + Shew
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Sketch of the week: The village of Inholm in Northstowe, Cambridgeshire

2020-03-03T12:00:00Z

This week’s #buildingdoodle is by Stephen Proctor, director at Proctor Matthews Architects
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Sketch of the week: Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption, San Francisco

2020-02-21T06:00:00Z

This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Richard Coleman of Citydesigner Townscape and Heritage Consultants
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Sketch of the week: Stari Most, Bosnia & Herzegovina

2020-02-13T06:00:00Z

This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Paul Mitchell of Paul Mitchell Co
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Sketch of the week: The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles

2020-02-03T11:18:00Z

This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by experimental architect Lebbeus Woods
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Sketch of the week: Delamere addiction rehab centre, Cheshire

2020-01-20T17:45:00Z

This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Rob Henderson, director at JDA Architects
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Sketch of the week: Hero of Switzerland, Loughborough Junction, London

2020-01-14T11:00:00Z

This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by the Gensler team
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From the archive: 1999 – 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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Image of the week: Trip to the sweet shops

2019-12-23T06:00:00Z

A bustling gingerbread Oxford Circus features alongside Battersea Sugar Power Station and Sugarset House at this central London exhibition
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Online poll: What cards did 2019 deal you?

2019-12-20T12:45:00Z

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Online poll: What would you put at the top of the new government’s construction to-do list?

2019-12-13T12:33:00Z

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From the archive: 2009 – Goodbye to getting stuck up the chimney

2019-12-13T06:00:00Z

A decade ago an architect considered what the world’s chief deliverer of presents might want.
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Image of the week: Pause for breath

2019-12-13T06:00:00Z

Extinction Rebellion protesters blocked a road in central London last week by gluing their hands to yellow-painted breeze blocks
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Sketch of the week: Sunderland City Hall, Tyne and Wear

2019-12-13T06:00:00Z

This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Lee McLaughlin, a partner at architect FaulknerBrowns.
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From the archive: 2017 — Anyone’s guess

2019-12-06T06:00:00Z

Looking at racecards for the 2017 election reminded Building again that the past is a foreign country. The following predictions proved wide of the mark…