From the archive: 1999 – And a risk-averse new year
Before Facebook, iPhones and President Trump, all our focus was pinned on the millennium
From the archive: 2009 – Goodbye to getting stuck up the chimney
A decade ago an architect considered what the world’s chief deliverer of presents might want.
From the archive: 2017 — Anyone’s guess
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…
From the archive: 2003 — Living smart
This week, Building does that thing where you go back in time and smile wryly at what people in the past thought the future would be like
From the archive: 2004 — Days of plenty
As parties promise infrastructure work if they get elected, Building looks back to the last time the country experienced a public sector spending spree
From the archive: 2018 — Home, sweet home
This might not be the most ancient of archive pieces but the project it describes shows great respect for Victorian architecture
From the archive: 2010 — Getting afloat
Building hasn’t 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
From the archive: 2013 — A light touch
As we look at how Manchester city centre has been transformed, it is impossible to overlook one of the city’s most famous buildings, One Angel Square
From the archive: 2003 — Born to be boss
A glance far back in time reveals workers determined to raise their pay amid a burgeoning trade union movement
From the archive: 1846 — Right to strike
A glance far back in time reveals workers determined to raise their pay amid a burgeoning trade union movement
From the archive: 2015 — Nuclear: always controversial, never cheap and rarely on time
Cost overruns at Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant in Somerset come as little surprise given the project’s history of funding delays
From the archive: 2000 — New look
As we look at the Conservative pledge to boost 100 struggling conurbations with the Towns Fund, Building experiences a sense of deja vu
From the archive: 2014 — Let the good times roll
While consultants this year grapple with uncertainty and the gradual slowing of the economy, looking back to 2014 brings on nostalgia
From the archive: 1999 — Far-flung frontier
A few years ago Building interviewed a resident of the south London borough who escaped to a remote destination
From the archive: 2007 — They are the champions
Tottenham Hotspur’s stadium has made it into this year’s Building Project of the Year shortlist, but it’s not the first football ground to feature
From the archive: 1999 — The right education
Young quantity surveyors faced opportunities two decades ago that would make many graduates today jealous.
From the archive: 2011 — Hell to pay
In 2011, Building reported on SMEs’ battles to gain credit – it might strike a chord with businesses facing slowing investment in this week’s piece on financing
From the archive: 2016 — Let the games begin
As the venues being constructed for the Tokyo 2020 near completion, we look back on the problems that hit the Rio Olympiad in 2016
From the archive: 2013 — In a hotel far, far away
As we look at the progress of space tourism, the archive revealed what lunar holiday resorts could look like – don’t expect any Jacuzzis or all-inclusive cocktails
From the archive: 2018 - A fresh look at the Big Apple
The UK version of New York’s High Line has a lot to live up to, as shown by an interview about the famous regeneration project