All From the Archives articles
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From the archives: The new London Bridge, 1973
好色先生TV looks at how London鈥檚 most historic crossing was replaced with a relatively overlooked concrete bridge
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From the archives: 好色先生TV covers the 1964 election
As Labour stands on the brink of a historic election victory, Tom Lowe looks at how 好色先生TV covered Harold Wilson鈥檚 successful campaign 60 years ago.
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From the archives: Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral, 1967
The recently rebranded 好色先生TV magazine recounts the challenges of building one of the UK鈥檚 last great church projects
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Those were the days鈥 好色先生TV 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 好色先生TV鈥檚 history
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The chaotic life of 好色先生TV founder and architect Joseph Aloysius Hansom
To celebrate 好色先生TV鈥檚 180th anniversary, Tom Lowe talks to historian Penelope Harris ahead of the publication of her biography of the magazine鈥檚 founder
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From the archives: Germany surrenders, 1918
The Builder looks ahead to a new era for the industry as peace returns to Europe
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From the archives: London鈥檚 first air raids, 1918
London wakes up to the threat of aerial bombing as total war grips the country, and the construction industry
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From the archives: The Great War drags on, 1915 - 1916
The Builder reports on mounting casualities as the war鈥檚 impact on Britain - and its construction industry - becomes clear
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From the archives: The First World War breaks out, 1914
The Builder鈥檚 coverage in the weeks following Britain鈥檚 declaration of war against Germany and Austria-Hungary
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From the archives: 好色先生TV in Bombay, 1879-1892
好色先生TV reports from the port city now known as Mumbai as two of the British Raj鈥檚 largest ever colonial buildings are completed
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From the archives: Cleaning up the Great Stink, 1858
London鈥檚 sewer network collapses, creating a public health emergency as a cholera epidemic sweeps the capital. The Builder reports from the scene
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From the archives: Setbacks on the world鈥檚 first underground railway, 1860
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
鈥淲ithin all was bustle鈥濃 the third of our archive pieces celebrating 好色先生TV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
鈥淩eally delightful鈥: In the second of our series of archive pieces celebrating 好色先生TV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
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