OWNERS of Jersey’s tallest residential blocks could face thousands of pounds in new safety costs under proposed new fire regulations. Home Affairs Minister Deputy Mary Le Hegarat first announced the ...

When a fire breaks out in a high-rise building, conventional wisdom is that stairwells are the only way out. Lifts are verboten in such scenarios, while sheer height typically prevents any other ...

Britain is building taller, but a lack of guidance on high-rise residential drainage issues is hampering services designers. There has been a huge shift in the perception of what constitutes a tall ...

Two high-rise buildings have been damaged in an air strike in Kyiv, and a number of private houses are on fire. — Ukrinform.

Over a quarter of London’s high-rise residential buildings with dangerous cladding are yet to have remediation work completed, more than six years after the Grenfell Tower fire. Over a quarter of ...

In light of the recurring high-rise fires and the grave risks they pose to lives, property and Nigeria’s cultural heritage, ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. “How do you think I can adapt myself to these modern surroundings?” asks an elderly woman in Stephen Willats’ ...

The deadly blaze at the 24-storey Grenfell tower block in west London has shocked the UK. Fire services around the world have to deal with blazes in high-rise blocks, so what lessons have been learned ...