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 ...

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 ...

The fire that recently broke out in the 75-storey Sulafa Tower in Dubai Marina is the latest in a string of high-rise blazes in Dubai. It comes just four months after a fire destroyed dozens of ...

In all climate zones, the various forms of metal cladding—single-skin panels, metal composite materials (MCM) panels, and insulated metal panels (IMPs)—are proving to be reliable, durable elements on ...

The head of Victoria’s world-first cladding safety agency has likened flammable cladding to deadly asbestos, revealing the shocking number of structures found to be at risk. Cladding Safety Victoria ...

AN urgent review of tower block safety was launched yesterday after cladding on Grenfell Tower was blamed for spreading the inferno. Panels designed to improve energy efficiency were fitted to the ...

Building regulations overlook the health hazards posed by toxic gases emitted by burning external cladding, smoke toxicity tests have suggested. The Fire Protection Association (FPA) investigated the ...