Early Years of the Leigh Park Housing Estate Portsmouth
The Nissen Hut They Called Home. A publication compiled by Ralph Cousins. We would like to introduce you to an excellent publication written by the very…
Category: Historical
Brief History of The BISF House
The BISF house is a British Steel Framed house, designed and produced by the British Iron and Steel Federation, and erected around the country from…
Rising BISF House build costs and slow progress angers Ministers in 1947 debate.
Apparently, all was not going well during the early stages of BISF House production in the UK. Many Ministers expressed deep concern over slow rates…
Frederick Gibberd Architect for Prototypes A, B, C Steel Houses 1943
Historical Documents Steel Houses BRITISH IRON AND STEEL FEDERATION POST-WAR HOUSING TECHNICAL SUB-COMMITTEE. Minutes of the Meeting held at Steel House on 14th December, 1943 at…
BISF Historical Documents Series 8th January 1944 Fabrication
We currently hold thousands of BISF House archive items that have each been photographed and in some cases converted to text form for easier searching…
BISF Historical Documents Series Jan 11th 1944 Cold Formed Steel
In this series of posts we take a look at a selection of historical documents outlining the development and construction of the British Iron &…
BISF Historical Documents Series Progress Report 9th Feb 1944
In this series of posts we take a look at a selection of historical documents outlining the development and construction of the British Iron &…
BISF Historical Documents Series 24th March 1944 Progress Report
The Chairman referred to the intensive work which Mr, Gibberd had done during the past four weeks in preparing the Architect's working drawings, of w…
BISF Historical Documents Series 9th Feb 1944 Prototype Houses
The Chairman said that the Design Committee had also considered the question of the supply of the framework for the prototype and the matter had been …
BISF Historical Documents Series 4th May 1944 Tate Modern
It is hoped that arrangements will be made for the Committee to inspect privately the temporary "Churchill" house at the Tate Gallery and also, in t…
BISF Historical Documents Series 17th May 1944
In this series of posts we take a look at a selection of historical documents outlining the development and construction of the British Iron &…
BISF Historical Documents Series 20th July 1944 C1 Prototype
In this series of posts we take a look at a selection of historical documents outlining the development and construction of the British Iron &…