Building, lighting and engineering

Call Number
N 690.6 BUI
Created/Published
Sydney : Building Pub., 1952-1968
Issue
(February 24, 1953)
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BOLDING LIGHTING, ENGINEERING 1 , 89
Advertising 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20
CONTENTS FOR FEBRUARY 21
GENERAL MOTORS – HOLDEN'S LTD. £11,000,000 EXPANSION PROGRAMME. SYDNEY, MELBOURNE, ADELAIDE. 23 , 22 , 24 , 25
THATCHED & OBERG PTY. LTD. NEW OFFICE BLOCK-DURDANS AVENUE, MASCOT, SYDNEY. 26
How Can We Be So Silly? 26
An Epoch – Making Railway Train QUEENSLAND'S NEW “INLANDER.” 27 , 52
NEW BITUMINOUS PAVING PLANT AT PROSPECT LARGEST, MOST MODERN BELOW EQUATOR Scientific Control in All Processes 28 , 29 , 30
Christ Church Sh Ives, Sydney Architect: N. W. McPherson. 30
COST OF REPAIRS IN BRITAIN Nearly Three Times Pre-war Figure. The Incubus of Rent Control. 30
NEW WONDER CHEMICAL Checks Erosion and Increases Fertility. 31
MINIATURE TELEVISION FOR QUEEN’S DOLL HOUSE. One-twelfth Scale Replica. 31
RENOLD CHAINS (AUSTRALIA) PTY. LTD. NEW PLANT AT BENALLA, VICTORIA. 32
Home for Elderly Is Splendid Concept 33
MASONITE FIRMS’ CONVENTION. 33
Miranda Building Achievement 15 Homes Erected in Three Months. 33
Australia Gives Technical Advice Under the Colombo Plan. 33
Festival Hall Acoustics Perfect ARCHITECT S. G. THORP RETURNS FROM OVERSEAS. British Builders Stress Research. 34 , 35
Omission Of Boundary Traps New Water Board Ruling. 35
Copper Installations Available For Hot and Cold Water. 35
GLOUCESTER CATHEDRAL RESTORATION. Appeal for £100,000. 35
WHAT OTHER COUNTRIES CAN DO WHY DO WE LAG BEHIND? 36 , 37
THE 1952 AIR BEEF SEASON 4,000,000 lb. of Freight in Eighteen Weeks. 37
Illuminating Engineering Society of Aust.-N.S.W. Review of Lighting Development by Visiting Research Director. 37
HUGE EXPANSION PROGRAMME UNDER WAY 38 , 39
Melbourne’s Power Station Taking Shape 39
Death of Frederick Trenchard Smith Architect For Builders’ Exchange. 39
THE VALIANT DUTCH HOLLAND’S NEVER-ENDING BATTLE WITH THE SEA, The Recent Disaster. 40 , 41
A THIRTY-MILE DYKE. Striking Straight Across the Sea. Enclosing the Zuyder Zee. 41 , 49
ALUMINIUM PRODUCTION IN AUSTRALIA GOOD PROGRESS AT BELL BAY, TASMANIA. 42 , 43 , 44 , 45
TACKLING THE PARKING PROBLEM BUILDING OVER ELECTRIC TRAIN TRACKS. 45
British Australian Power Cables Pty. Ltd. PORT KEMBLA PLANT OPENED BY PREMIER. 46 , 47 , 48
BLOCKED ROTTERDAM HARBOUR OPENED AGAIN. 49
BRITISH ARCHITECTS PLAN LUXURY HAREM To Cost £400,000. 49
Portland Cement Research NEW BRITISH LABORATORIES OPENED. 50
Monier Reduces Brick, Tile Prices 50
In Sydney Proposed £200,000 Olympic Pool Project Planned for Victoria Park. 51
And in Melbourne Olympic Pool Will Be “World’s Finest” 51
CHILDREN’S PLAY HOUSES GIFT BY TIMBER DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION. 52
LIGHT-WEIGHT AGGREGATES FOR CONCRETE. 52
Advertising 53 , 54
Many British Landlords “Flit” TOO MANY ACTS AND HARSH REGULATIONS With Australia Following in England’s Wake. 55 , 57 , 59
Advertising 56 , 57 , 58
Earthmoving and Construction Plant Standard Names. 59
REFRIGERATION CONFERENCE. 59
New Sydney Chapel and Monastery ARCHITECTS OVERCOME UNUSUAL DIFFICULTIES. 59
Advertising 60
Broken Hill Silver City of the West “OUT OF THIS WORLD,” SAY ITS CITIZENS. 61
Investigation of “Pigeonhole” Car Parks Sydney City Council Makes Move. 62
CASTING A CONCRETE COLUMN. Supersedes Foundation Stone. 62
WESTERN AUSTRALIA FIGHTS TUBERCULOSIS 63
Advertising 63 , 64
Robbialac Suede Wall Finish New Product Immediate Success. 65
Spheroidal Graphite Cast Iron 65
TO-DAY. 65
Sawdust as a Soil Improver MEANS OF UTILIZATION. 66
IDLEWILD AIRPORT. America’s Largest Civil Airport. 66
THE PROBLEM OF TRANSPORT. The “Pentagon” Stampede. 66
CAPACITIES OF PLUMBING STACKS. New American Study. 67
SILVER JUBILEE BUILDING EXHIBITION London, November, 1953. 67
Advertising 67 , 68
Building Research Report MANY PROBLEMS UNDER INVESTIGATION. 69 , 70
Advertising 70
INTERIM CODES FOR STEEL STRUCTURES. Steel Working Stresses Increased 10 Per Cent. 71
Advertising 71 , 72
CHURCH LIGHTING AS A MEMORIAL In Port Sunlight Church. 73
MERCURY LIGHTING IN A GASWORKS retort house. 73
Advertising 73 , 74
FIRE TESTS ON GUNITE SLABS AND PARTITIONS. Sawdust Prevents Spalling, 75
TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING. Diploma at the University of Sydney. 75
MINERAL RESOURCES OF N.T. 75 , 76
Advertising 75 , 76
Russians Build “Floating Town” 76
A PIONEER ARCHITECT AND JOURNALIST. Francis Nixon. 77 , 79
Advertising 77 , 78 , 80
House Built In 3½ Hours 81
Latin America Wants 12,000,000 Houses To House Its 154,000,000. 81
tn Praise Of Brick 81
Advertising 82
The British Building Industry ACHIEVEMENTS IN WORLD WAR II. 83 , 84
Advertising 84
ROWCO NIGHT LIGHT BOX. 84
Advertising 84
ROTTERDAM—THE LARGEST SEAPORT OF THE CONTINENT Expansion After Rehabilitation. 85 , 86 , 87 , 89
QUEENSLAND CEMENT CHEAPER. 89
AUSTRALIA’S PRIZE CATTLE TRAVEL BY AIR. Time and Condition Saved. 89
Advertising 85 , 86 , 87 , 88 , 90
Index to Advertisers 90 , 91
Advertising 92
Building : the magazine for the architect, builder, property owner and merchant. View Catalogue 1

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