More than a decade before the deadly Grenfell tower fire in London, Australian suppliers of aluminium composite cladding knew the product they were selling with a polyethylene (PE) core was highly ...

CLADDING on tower blocks was ripped down across the UK following the Grenfell Tower fire because of fears it could contribute towards another deadly blaze. Councils across the country tested materials ...

Inspired by experimental solar houses developed after the 1970s oil crisis, the Passive House certification emerged in the late 1980s as a response to growing concerns about energy efficiency and the ...

More than 80 people were evacuated in the early hours of Monday from a building that had used similar insulation. By Amelia Nierenberg Reporting from London More than 80 people had to be evacuated ...

Five years after 72 people lost their lives in the Grenfell Tower fire, which broke out on June 14, 2017, the UK government has announced plans to ban the type of cladding used to cover the external ...

Documents show contractors were asked to fit aluminium instead of more fire-resistant zinc, saving £300,000 Fire-resistant zinc cladding approved by residents of Grenfell Tower was replaced in the ...

ARINA had an association with Hayball Architects for four years to 2016. ARINA had no involvement with the residential component of the practice. The fire at the Neo200 building on Spencer Street in ...

Flat owners will not have to pay to remove dangerous cladding from lower-height buildings under new government plans, BBC Newsnight understands. It means leaseholders in buildings of between 11 and 18 ...

More than 200 high-rise buildings in England with cladding similar to that used on Grenfell Tower are yet to have work to remove it. Out of 328 buildings that still have aluminium composite material ...