Deezen

JUNE 10, 2022

Timber wall systems will need to pass a large-scale fire safety test before they can be used on medium-rise residential blocks in England under building regulations being introduced by the UK government. The UK government was first informed that this type of cladding was dangerous in 2002.

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e-architect

JANUARY 10, 2022

UK government funding for cladding repairs, British Tower Combustible Facade Replacement Scandal, English High Rise. UK government funding for cladding repairs news. Fire Brigades Union responds to Gove cladding announcement. Burnt out ruin of Grenfell Tower building in London: photo : ChiralJon, CC BY 2.0

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Deezen

APRIL 12, 2023

More than 900 survivors, bereaved family members and local residents affected by the Grenfell Tower fire have agreed a settlement in a civil claim over the disaster. The case was brought against 22 parties including Studio E, cladding manufacturer Arconic and fire consultancy Exova.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Following the Grenfell Tower inquiry, architects must face up to their responsibility for Britain's building safety crisis instead of blaming contracts that lessen their influence, writes Peter Apps. Take Grenfell Tower. That cladding panel has been identified as the "primary cause" of the rapid flame spread up Grenfell Tower.

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Deezen

APRIL 3, 2023

Starting with a small housing scheme built in rural Austria in the late 1990s and ending with an 87-metre tower completed in the USA last year, the buildings profiled in the series chart the rise of engineered wood over the past 25 years.

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e-architect

JUNE 28, 2023

The brick clad buildings adopt zero-carbon design principles to meet Passivhaus Classic standards with mostly dual-aspect glazing, low form factor and high-performing building fabric. Lillie Road property in Fulham: The homes will be highly sustainable and constructed using high quality robust materials.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

First it was with their remarkable transformation of the Palais de Tokyo in 2002 (expanded in 2014), a stripping out of a classical/art deco exhibition hall to create a raw, haunting, cavernous interior which became Paris's riposte to London's Tate Modern. All this for towers that were going to be demolished.

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