All Building Memories articles
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FeaturesElectric heating for the right reasons
This week our trip back into construction history leads us to a seventies advert for heating homes with electricity - it seems technology could be coming full circle …
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FeaturesHow advertising has changed ...
Two adverts from the 1970s of a type you definitely wouldn’t see in Building’s pages today
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CommentReader competition: Spot the Building
In this photo montage we have five schemes, can you identify them?
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CommentVote for the greatest UK construction achievement in 170 years
Here are six contenders, vote for the one that deserves the accolade - or nominate a project of your choice
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CommentCelebrate 170 years (online!)
Register on building.co.uk this week for a host of special digital features, absolutely free …
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FeaturesThe opening of New Zealand House
The Builder’s appraisal of a London tower block vs our own architectural correspondent’s critique 50 years on …
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FeaturesThe world's first eco-doll's house
This educational toy to encourage green awareness was not a favourite of George Osborne
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FeaturesBuilding magazine in 1843
To celebrate Building’s 170-year anniversary we’re delving into our archive to take a look at how the magazine started out
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FeaturesThe London 1948 Olympics: Running on empty
If the preparations for London 2012 have sometimes felt like an uphill struggle, at least we haven’t had to ask the world to bring its own food. Launching our Building Memories series from the magazine archive, Building looks back to the Austerity Olympics of 1948 - the last time the ...
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CommentBuilding memories: The Radio Times reports the 1948 Olympics
Our Building Memories campaign continues with a look at how the Radio Times reported the start of the Olympics in 1948
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CommentBuilding Memories: 1948 Olympics and beyond
Campaign will include features and images of projects from the last century from Building’s archive
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FeaturesA history lesson: Countdown to 2012, London's 1908 Olympics
When London staged the Olympics 100 years ago, the delivery authority was a bunch of clubbable aristos, the developer was a Hungarian folk dancer and the athletes had to book themselves into local hotels. Nick Jones tells us what we have to learn from that approach