It took just 90 minutes for fire to race up 20 storeys of the Grenfell Tower in June 2017, killing 72 people. Last month, a cigarette sparked a blaze that quickly jumped five floors of Melbourne's ...

Aluminium composite material cladding with a fire-retardant polyethylene filler and phenolic foam insulation has failed fire tests conducted by BRE. The tests have also identified 22 buildings over 18 ...

Alcoa Architectural Products of France has launched a new aluminium cladding panel that cleans both itself and the surrounding air. “These cladding features mean the building is no longer just a ...

Architects like aluminium-composite cladding because it is cheap, easily fixed to buildings Anywhere, any colour Architects like aluminium-composite cladding because it is cheap, easily fixed to ...

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 ...

Safety investigations on buildings at Abertay University have discovered cladding which includes an aluminium composite. The material has been found in an area of cladding on the Kydd building, which ...

Ahead of the start of phase two of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry on 27 January, Inside Housing is previewing some of the issues that will be under consideration. In the third of these, @PeteApps looks at ...

These durable metal facade systems add weather protection and unique visual interest to exterior elevations. Read about new products by Chemetal, Alucobond, Banker Wire, Linetec, and Kaynemaile. This ...

Beech Court is one of nine Salford blocks that will have cladding removed Residents in more than 850 flats have been told cladding will be removed from their tower blocks in Salford. Aluminium ...