Look at the walls of most modern buildings. Sleek. Smooth. Sometimes glossy, sometimes matte. That’s not regular paint or plaster. Most of the time, it’s aluminium cladding panels. These panels are ...

1. Involve the fabricator early in the design process. Sometimes the manufacturer has to provide a reality check for the designer. “Every product has its limitations,” says Paul Collyer, technical ...

The firm that made cladding panels blamed for the grenfell tower fire has spent £30million defending its role in the disaster, US court documents revealed today. Arconic has been spending an ...

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 ...

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 ...

Porte de Vanves student residence accommodates 67 units in a bow-shaped building located on a small, triangular plot. The street-facing facade consists of several superimposed flat walls, which gives ...

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 ...

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 ...

Tests similar to this one, showed the dangers of cladding as early as 2004, it has emerged Leaked test results suggest the government and construction industry had early evidence of the dangers posed ...