A special issue focusing on concrete system-building in England.
In this issue of The Arup Journal we look at concrete system-building in England, including: Heavy concrete systems in low-cost housing; Instability of large panel construction; Some problems of production; Area five development, Hulme, Manchester: from rationalisation to systemisation (918 dwellings in four blocks up to seven storeys); An approach to one-off buildings – Arup Associates view of the possibilities of industrialised methods for single buildings; The Medway building method; University of East Anglia student residences; Brittle fracture of structural steel.
