Following the deadly June 14 London Grenfell Tower fire that has killed at least 79 people, a nationwide investigation determined that dozens of U.K. high-rise buildings are potentially unsafe. On ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Some building companies that installed dangerous cladding on social housing blocks across Britain are now winning new contracts following the Grenfell Tower blaze to remove their ...

As the Grenfell Inquiry continues to steer responsibility for the tragic deaths of 72 people in a London high-rise in June 2017 towards the undermanned and under resourced London Fire Brigade, the ...

If anything confirms the fact that Britain’s ruling elite, as with their counterparts internationally, could not care less about the safety and lives of millions of working-class people, it is the ...

London — The U.K. government announced an extra 3.5 billion pounds ($4.8 billion) of relief funding Wednesday to help millions of homeowners whose properties have been made unsellable by the discovery ...

Cladding is an especially underrated, but incredibly important, element of any house design project. It will be instrumental in how your house is perceived and how it ages in time. But how much does ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... LONDON — Tests so far have found that at least three high-rise apartment buildings in the U.K. have flammable external panels like the ones believed to have ...

Grenfell Tower-style building cladding catastrophically failed a government test. The material should have resisted flames for 40 minutes. It lasted less than 9. At its hottest recorded point, the ...

Cladding is a sought-after solution on renovation and extension projects across the UK. But with composite and timber both popular options, how do they actually compare? Both types of cladding have ...

The transformation in the domestic spaces’ dynamics impacts the architecture inside and outside houses and apartments. Kitchens are the prime example of this transformation. Historically considered ...