Innovative materials are teeing up to reshape residential construction, boosting performance, sustainability, and design ...

Thousands of apartment owners across Australia who thought they were safe from potentially deadly cladding fires now face millions of dollars in bills to remove and replace timber-based panels. In a ...

From a distance, today’s building innovations in cladding performance, aesthetics, and construction appear unconstrained and quite varied. Material mixing is creating newly expressive façades, and ...

In evidence to inquiry, Anthony Burd denies there was a cover-up of the results of taxpayer-funded tests A senior official has admitted the government knew 15 years before the Grenfell Tower disaster ...

Expert witness tells inquiry of 20 serious fires that meant danger of panels was well known in industry The builders who erected the Grenfell Tower facade that burst into flames killing 72 people ...

The final report of the Grenfell Inquiry has highlighted the fact that millions of homes and offices around the world could be encased in combustible cladding and insulation panels. Lucy Barnard looks ...

Leaked test results suggest the government and construction industry had early evidence of the dangers posed by cladding, 13 years before the Grenfell Tower fire. Panels, commonly used on buildings in ...

CLADDING used to cover Grenwell Tower before Wednesday’s killer fire WAS a cheaper, more flammable version of two options – the manufacturer of the panels has reportedly confirmed. A criminal ...

The company that supplied the cladding used on London's Grenfell Tower — which was destroyed by fire earlier this month, killing 79 people — says it will stop global sales of plastic-filled aluminium ...