Building, lighting and engineering

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N 690.6 BUI
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Sydney : Building Pub., 1952-1968
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(September 24, 1953)
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BUILDING LIGHTING, ENGINEERING 1 , 67
Advertising 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18
CONTENTS FOR SEPTEMBER 19
NEW COMMONWEALTH BANK SYDNEY TENDERS BEING CALLED. 20
THE PROBLEM OF COSTS MANUFACTURERS’ PRESIDENT CONCERNED. 21
STRIKING NEW ADELAIDE BANK 21
THE HOTEL REX, SYDNEY £270,000 PROJECT AT POTTS POINT. Intricate Remodelling. 22 , 23 , 69 , 70 , 71
HOTEL MANHATTAN, SOUTH BRISBANE ARTISTIC INTERIOR RECONSTRUCTION OF AN OLD HOTEL. Architect: W. J. Maloney. Construction: Dessaix Concrete Construction. 24 , 76 , 77 , 79
THE RECEPTION ROOM 25
BRISTOL HEALTH CENTRE SERVES 30,000 PEOPLE PLANNED FOR EFFICIENCY. 25
NEWINGTON COLLEGE, STANMORE WAR MEMORIAL BLOCK. First Section Completed. 26
Wood Borers 26
SYDNEY PORT STORAGE EXTENDED NEW BOND AND FREE STORE IN OPERATION. 27
DESIGN EXHIBITION Society of Interior Designers. 28
BOOK REVIEW. Reinforced Concrete. 28
New Sawmill For Tumut 29
The Modern Flat Roof House 29
Sydney County Council Statistics FINANCIAL AND ENGINEERING FACTS AND FIGURES. 30
Russian Skyscraper Architecture 31
MASTERS OF INDUSTRY 31
The Amazing Mr. Frank Lloyd Wright NEW SKYSCRAPER ON “THE PRAIRIE.” 32
Confidence Is Infectious 32 , 33
Frameweld Reinforcement for Concrete PREFABRICATED WELDED REINFORCEMENT. 33
Permanent Home of the United Nations In New York, N.Y., U.S.A. 34
WORLD BENEFACTORS. 34 , 35
AN ENDLESS TASK. 35
Wunderlich Ceramic Glazed Structural Blocks 35
FREE ENTERPRISE. 35
MASTERS OF INDUSTRY 35
Illuminating Engineering Society of Aust.-N.S.W. Report of General Meeting of The Illuminating Engineering Society of Australia held at the G.U.O.O.F. Building, 147 Castlereagh Street, Sydney, on Thursday, 3rd September, 1953, at 7.30 p.m. 36 , 37
LIGHT AND COSMETICS. A Not Too Technical Introduction to a Highly Technical Subject. 37 , 38
POWER SHORTAGE IN FRANCE. 38
MAIN REGULATING TRANSFORMERS. 38
HYDRO—CANADA’S WORD FOR POWER. 38 , 39
MASTERS OF INDUSTRY 39
Hospital Works In Newcastle £83,500 Allocated. 39
The New Statler Centre in Los Angeles 40 , 41
Skilled Craftsmen Thrive in Mechanical Age 41
ADELAIDE NEWSLETTER 42 , 43
SULPHUR FROM OIL. IN OPERATION. New British Recovery Plant 43
AMERICA'S VERMONT MARBLE WHERE MANY QUARRYMEN WORK UNDERGROUND. 44
WORLD WIDE CONSTRUCTION THE UNIQUE ALCOA BUILDING. 45 , 46
QUEENSLAND NEWSLETTER 46 , 47
VENTILATING AND COOLING A HOUSE WITH AN ATTIC EXHAUST FAN. E. T. Watson, B.E., A.M.I.E.Aust. 47
MOSCOW OPENS SKYSCRAPER UNIVERSITY. 47
Fire Tests of Steel Columns Encased with Gypsum Lath and Plaster U.S. BUREAU OF STANDARDS TESTS. 48
TAUBMANS’ “CENTITE” CEMENT PROOF PAINT. Can Be Used on New Cement Surfaces. 48
CASTRIES IS REBUILT A MODERN TOWN RISES ON THE ASHES OF THE OLD ON ST. LUCIA. 49
MEET THE MASTER BUILDERS 50
Advertising 51 , 52
MASTER BUILDERS’ ASSOCIATION OF N.S.W. EIGHTIETH ANNUAL MEETING. 53 , 55 , 57
Advertising 54 , 55 , 56
FREEDOM CURTAILED AND “DITHERED.” 57
New Melbourne Lord Mayor 57
FACTS. 57
Advertising 58
Building Industry Congress of Victoria PRESIDENT’S REPORT. 59 , 60 , 61
Advertising 60
Stability is Strength 61
Corner Site For Funeral Home Dignity in Keynote of Design. 61
Advertising 62
Registration of Builders 63
N.Z. Home-Building Scheme 63
Advertising 64
Post-Graduate Lectures For Architects 65
The Master Builders’ Federation of Australia 65
Demolition of Exhibition Building 65 , 67
Advertising 65 , 66 , 67 , 68 , 70 , 71
GAS IN HOTEL REX. Cooking, Space Heatin Ventilation, Hot Water. 71
Advertising 71 , 72
A “Believe It-Or-Not” House Roof Supports The Walls! 73
Advertising 73 , 74
Timber Homes Become Popular 75
Advertising 75 , 76 , 77 , 78
STRANGE AQUARIUM. 79
Advertising 79
George Hudson Pty. Ltd. OPEN NEW CITY OFFICES. A HUNDRED YEARS OF PROGRESS. 80 , 81 , 82
Advertising 80 , 81 , 82
George Hudson Ply. Ltd. HISTORY OF THE FIRM’S DEVELOPMENT. 1850 1953. 82 , 83 , 84
Advertising 82 , 83
HALF-YEARLY INDEX 84 , 85 , 86 , 87 , 88
Knox College Memorial Building 89
Italian Style Architecture In Marrickville Church 135 ft. BELL TOWER WILL COMPLETE PROJECT. 89
Index to Advertisers 90
Advertising 90 , 91 , 92
Building : the magazine for the architect, builder, property owner and merchant. View Catalogue 1

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