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Building
EditorChloë McCulloch
Former editorsSarah Richardson
CategoriesConstruction
FrequencyMonthly
Circulation15,474 (2011)
PublisherAssemble Media Group
FounderJoseph Hansom
Founded1843
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Websitewww.building.co.uk

Buildingis one of theUnited Kingdom's oldestbusiness-to-businessmagazines, launched asThe Builderin 1843[1]byJoseph Aloysius Hansom– architect ofBirmingham Town Halland designer of theHansom Cab.[2]The journal was renamedBuildingin 1966 as it is still known today.Buildingis the only UK title to cover the entire building industry.

History

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The Builder'sfirst two editors, Hansom andAlfred Bartholomew(1801–1845), did not last long in the job. The architectGeorge Godwin(1813–1888) was editor from 1844 to 1883, and turnedThe Builder"into the most important and successful professional paper of its kind with a readership well beyond the architectural and building world."[3]Godwin apparently wrote most of the content himself, relying on a staff of just five people. His successor,Henry Heathcote Statham(1839–1924), edited the journal from 1883 to 1908.[4]

Rival publicationThe British Architect and Northern Engineer,founded asThe British Architectin 1874, merged withThe Builderin 1919,[5]bringing contributions from architectural illustratorThomas Raffles Davison(1853–1937).

Other contributors toThe Builderover the years have includedarchitectssuch asRobert Dennis Chantrell,Henry Clutton(1819–1893),Josiah Conder,James Fergusson,William Curtis Green(1875–1960),John Woody Papworth(1820–1870),Howard Morley Robertson(1888–1963) andWilliam White.[6]They have also included the novelistHall Caine,the engineer and antiquaryG. T. Clark,and the short-lived journalistCharles Chaloner Ogle.Other illustrators have includedArthur Beresford PiteandWorthington George Smith(1835–1917).[6]

Recent history andBuildingtoday

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The magazine was named as the best-edited weekly business magazine by theBritish Society of Magazine Editorsboth in 1999 and in 2001.[1]It was the business magazine of the year in 2002.[1]Having acquired the magazine a year earlier fromVivendi Universal,in 2003 Aprovia UK soldBuildingtoUBM plcas part of a £79m deal.[1]

According to ABC (Audit Bureau of Circulations), the magazine's circulation for the year ending in June 2006, was 25,017,[7]but circulation dropped during the recession of the late 2000s to 21,271 for the year July 2009 – June 2010 (the last year the title was ABC-certified),[8]with the decline continuing in 2011 (the 11 November issue had a print circulation of 15,474).[9]

Building's website features industry news, jobs and an archive of over 80,000 articles. In 2006Building4jobs.co.ukwas launched focusing on industry jobs and careers.[citation needed]

In January 2018, UBM soldBuilding(plusBuilding Design,a venue directory and various events) to a management team, Assemble Media Group, led by former editor Tom Broughton.[10]

Notes

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  1. ^abcdJennifer Whitehead (21 July 2003)."United Business Media buys Building title in £79m deal".Campaign.Retrieved29 January2017.
  2. ^Harris, Penelope,The Architectural Achievement of Joseph Aloysius Hansom (1803–1882), Designer of the Hansom Cab, Birmingham Town Hall, and Churches of the Catholic Revival,The Edwin Mellen Press, 2010.
  3. ^G. B. Smith,‘Godwin, George (1813–1888)’,rev. Ruth Richardson and Robert Thorne,Oxford Dictionary of National Biography,Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 5 Jan 2008
  4. ^Alan Powers,‘Statham, Henry Heathcote (1839–1924)’,Oxford Dictionary of National Biography,Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, May 2006, accessed 5 Jan 2008
  5. ^Architectural Journals,British Association for Local History –http://www.balh.co.uk/lhn/article.php?file=lhn-vol1iss96-4.xmlArchived20 July 2012 atarchive.today
  6. ^abODNB
  7. ^ABC WebsiteArchived4 March 2016 at theWayback Machine
  8. ^ABC average net circulation per issue, 30 June 2010Archived4 March 2016 at theWayback Machine,ABC. Retrieved: 3 September 2015.
  9. ^Audience Measurement, Building media pack,http://media.building.co.uk/PDF/Building-Media-Pack.pdfArchived3 December 2012 at theWayback Machine(Retrieved: 23 January 2013)
  10. ^Withers, Iain (7 January 2018)."End of an era as UBM sells its final title".Telegraph.Retrieved5 February2018.

Further reading

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  • Richardson, Ruth; Thorne, Robert (1994).The Builder: illustrations index 1843–1883.Gomshall: Builder Group.ISBN0907101062.
  • London Metropolitan Archives:Information Leaflet No 22 (George Godwin and The Builder)
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