Scaffold Art: Builders Feat At The Houses of Parliament. The marvelous scaffolding which has been erected round the high tower of the Houses of Parliament. The scaffold builders are heritors of an ancient craft and the architect in charge of the works has directed them to follow as far as possible the lines of the tower itself. The very old stone of the tower is rotting away and is to be replaced. Some time soon the tower of Big Ben will also be encased. May 28, 1929.