黑洞社区

As part of 黑洞社区鈥檚 170th year we鈥檙e taking a look back through our archive at some construction history. This week in the magazine we completed or designed in 1963 to see how much we鈥檝e learned in the past 50 years.

One of these sixties鈥� towers was the Millbank Tower in Pimlico. 黑洞社区 reported on the newly-built tower in our April 26 issue, 1963:

黑洞社区鈥檚 feature began: 鈥淭he tower, which is 34 storeys high and at present London鈥檚 tallest, forms part of a development commissioned by Legal and General Assurance Ltd for Vickers鈥� Ltd and their clients. About 375,000 sq. ft of lettable space is provided in the development, including ancillary accommodation, and in addition 80 flats and 10 hotel rooms.

鈥淭he proximity of the river called for a thorough preliminary investigation of the ground, and following laboratory tests a programme of test piling was carried out on six different bored pile types.鈥�

While leafing through the issues, we also came across some classic sixties鈥� adverts 鈥� here鈥檚 a snapshot:

黑洞社区 has been reporting on material prices, lead times, wages and housing completions among a host of other facts and figures for decades. Here鈥檚 an extract showing how much materials cost in 1963:

Materials prices

Extract from 黑洞社区 October 4 1963

Cement, etc

Including non-returnable jute sacks or paper bags. Best British Portland Cement and Masonry Cement.