Tag archive for architectural news from the archives
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The ‘mania’ for railways, May 1863
A record of over one and a half centuries of architectural history, the RIBA’s Periodicals Collection reveals news from 150 years ago this month about new buildings from across the the British Isles… 150 years ago in
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George Gilbert Scott wins competition to design the Albert Memorial, April 1863
A record of over one and a half centuries of architectural history, the RIBA’s Periodicals Collection holds news from 150 years ago this month about the winner of the competition to build the Albert Memorial… ‘There can,
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News from the archive of the Periodicals Collection: Architecture at the end of 1912
Discover the history of architecture through the RIBA’s collection of 2,000 periodical titles. Today, the British Architectural Library looks at what happened in architecture in 1912 and makes comparisons with the events of 2012: Richard Norman Shaw (7 May
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News from the archive of the Periodicals Collection: A new façade for Buckingham Palace, November 1912
Discover the history of architecture through the RIBA’s collection of 2,000 periodical titles. Today, the British Architectural Library looks at the plan in 1912 to give Buckingham Palace a new public face: After Paris had been transformed by Haussmann in the
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News from the archive of the Periodicals Collection: Central Park 1862
Discover the history of architecture through the RIBA’s collection of 2,000 periodical titles. Today, the British Architectural Library looks at the hopes and plans for New York’s Central Park as it was being constructed in 1862: When The Building
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Architectural news from the archive of the Periodicals Collection: 30 August 1862
Discover the history of architecture through the RIBA’s collection of 2,000 periodical titles. This month the British Architectural Library looks at the architectural news as it was being reported back on 30 August 1862: 150 years ago
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Architectural news from the archive of the Periodicals Collection: The Olympic Stadium of 1908
Discover the history of architecture through the RIBA’s collection of 2,000 periodical titles. This month the British Architectural Library looks back at 1908, when London’s first Olympic stadium was opened: A new stadium in Shepherd’s Bush London hosted the Olympics for the
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Architectural news from the archive of the Periodicals Collection: June 2012
Discover the history of architecture through the RIBA’s collection of 2,000 periodical titles. This month the British Architectural Library looks back at housing conditions in the capital in 1862: Overcrowding in London 150 years ago The full sets of historic
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Architectural news from the archive of the Periodicals Collection: May 2012
Discover the history of architecture through the RIBA’s collection of 2,000 periodical titles. This month the British Architectural Library takes a look at some journals from the time of the coronation in 1953, used
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Architectural news from the archive of the Periodicals Collection: April 2012
Discover the history of architecture through the RIBA’s collection of 2,000 periodical titles. This month the British Architectural Library takes a look at a building which – like the Queen – is celebrating 60 years of service: Transport for
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