Building, lighting and engineering

Call Number
N 690.6 BUI
Created/Published
Sydney : Building Pub., 1952-1968
Issue
(24 November, 1952)
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BUILDING: LIGHTING: ENGINEERING 1
Advertising 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10
Air Line Terminals get that smart ultra-modern look at little cost—with C.S.R. BUILDING MATERIALS 11
Advertising 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18
CONTENTS FOR NOVEMBER 19
SENTINEL OF A CITY CENTRAL RAILWAY STATION, SYDNEY. 20
SKYLINE OF A CITY THE TOWERS AND SPIRES OF SYDNEY. 21
An interesting Reconstruction Project CONRICK TOMALIN PTY. LTD., YORK STREET, SYDNEY. A REMARKABLE TRANSFORMATION. 22 , 23
Dry Rot is British Menace 24
Mass Building of Homes Galled “Tragic” 24
ELECTRICAL UNITS. 24
DEVELOPMENT IN QUEEN STREET BRISBANE’S MAIN STREET GLAMOURISED. 25 , 26 , 27
Queer Facts 27
BEHR-MANNING (AUSTRALIA) PTY. LTD. NYRANG STREET, LIDCOMBE, SYDNEY. Important Extensions Opened. 28 , 29
BUILDER'S NEW HOME 30
An American Looks at Australian Architecture and Thinks We Can Do Much Better 31
The State of Architecture In Australia 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37
INSULATION WITH ALUMINIUM FOIL. 37
AMERICA'S LARGEST PARKING BUILDING COMPLETED CAPACITY: 1600 CARS ON FIVE LEVELS. 38 , 39
Factories By The Package PREFABRICATED INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS. 40 , 41
“HASTE WITHOUT WASTE”. U.K. Homes Rise Faster. 41
Design Standards and Planning Problems BRISBANE CITY COUNCIL ANNUAL REPORT, 1950-51. 41
Illuminating Engineering Society of Aust.-N.S.W. 42 , 43
Long Bridge Completed 43
Drift From Timber Industry 43
Wormald Bros. Industries Ltd. 44
Canada’s “Trend House” HAS MANY HOME-BUILDING LESSONS 44
Water Board Report 45
A Private Research Organisation 45
FLUORESCENT LIGHTING PLANT. 45
Bank Credits v. Human Energy 46
Development of Canadian Outposts 46
Creche And Amenities Centre SYDNEY CITY COUNCIL PROJECT NEARS COMPLETION. 46
Wharf Labourers and the Shipping Industry 47
“High Prices Frightening Home Builders” 47
N.S.W. BUILDING ACHIEVEMENT 120,000th HOME COMPLETED SINCE WAR APPROPRIATE CEREMONY MARKS OCCASION. 48 , 49
Record Housing Figures 49
Coronation Programme, 1953 49
BOOK REVIEW: “Asphaite In Modern Building Construction” 50
Advertising 51 , 52
Master Builders’Federation of Australia REPORTS OF AFFILIATED ASSOCIATIONS Presented at the Perth Convention 53 , 55
Advertising 54
Olympic Stadium Competition 55
A Master (Piece) Specification 56
KIRRIBILLI HOME UNITS NEAR COMPLETION 56
Has Britain’s Building Plan Gone Wrong ? 57
It Pays to Advertise 57
No Flowers By Request! 57
Advertising 58
“A Challenge to Management” 59 , 60 , 61
Advertising 60
New Sarawak Cathedral 61
Australian Manufacturing Industries 61
Masonite Presdwood 61
Advertising 62
Los Angeles Attacks Parking Problem 63
Advertising 64
High Building Costs Contractor Cannot Solve Problem Alone. 65
COVENTRY’S NEW CATHEDRAL Old Ruins to be Preserved. 65
Advertising 65 , 66
Points About Concreting 67 , 68
Advertising 68
More Licenses For U.K. Homes 68
High Cost of U.K. Housing Lists 69
Travelling Scholarship to Australia 69
Advertising 69 , 70
The New Lebanon Airport 71 , 72
Advertising 71 , 72
Britain’s New Schools 72 , 73
Helping Hand 73 , 74
Advertising 73 , 74
U.K. HOMES “PRIMITIVE IN THE EXTREME”. What The Census Reveals. 74 , 75 , 77
Advertising 75 , 76
What'S Going On in the World To-day 78
What's Going On in the World To-day 79
Advertising 80
BUILDINGS OF YESTERDAY 81
Advertising 82
STARVE FOR FOOD OR HOUSES? Britain Faces Strange Dilemma. 83 , 84
Advertising 83 , 84
AMERICAN BUILDING RESEARCH. 85 , 86
Advertising 85 , 86 , 87 , 88
LIGHT FROM THE ATOM. 88
SOMETHING WRONG SOMEWHERE? 88
NEW DAM FOR HONG KONG. 88
PRESERVING KENT'S WINDMILLS. 88 , 89
Advertising 88
Tin Mining In Malaya 89
ROOF AND BUILDING SERVICE PTY. LTD. 89
Advertising 89 , 90
Index to Advertiser; 90
THE CHARM OF THE ATTIC 91
Advertising 92

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Master Builders' Federation of Australia & Illuminating Engineering Society of Australia (N.S.W.). (1952). Building, lighting and engineering Retrieved June 12, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-299715386

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Master Builders' Federation of Australia and Illuminating Engineering Society of Australia (N.S.W.). Building, lighting and engineering Sydney: Building Pub, 1952. Web. 12 June 2026 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-299715386>

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