All articles by Tom Lowe – Page 71
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NewsInvestigators probe cause of fire at 22-storey Aldgate tower
More than 100 firefighters called to blaze on 17th floor as debris seen falling from the side of Sigma Seifert building
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NewsDeregulation drive slowed review of fire safety guidance by years, Grenfell inquiry told
Officials expanded initial review because of anti-red tape requirement to ’remove more rules than you add’
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NewsHaworth Tompkins wins job to design £25m Wales eco-centre expansion
Practice to draw up masterplan for a visitor experience at the Centre for Alternative Technology in Powys
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NewsGovernment considered replacing building control with insurance, Grenfell Inquiry hears
Radical measure was one option presented to ministers as part of drive to cut red tape
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NewsGovernment official apologises for ‘muddled’ wording in fire safety guidance
Fire safety lead tells Grenfell Inquiry that wording of guidance on cladding ‘should have been better’
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NewsCladding dangers not 'covered up', senior official tells Grenfell Inquiry
Disastrous 2001 test results on cladding panels used on Grenfell were not made public until this year
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NewsBRE manager did not tell minister that ACM had failed fire test 16 years before Grenfell
Debbie Smith denied reaching agreement with senior official to withhold key details about cladding from minister in meeting three days after fire, inquiry hears
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NewsBritish Pavilion team for Venice Biennale announced
Curators to create exhibition exploring sustainable materials
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NewsParliament restoration could take 76 years and cost nearly £50bn
Keeping MPs in Palace of Westminster during works would see costs and delivery time skyrocket, report finds
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NewsBRE staff may never have received impartiality training, Grenfell inquiry hears
Testing house’s former managing director admits lack of formal training regime was a ‘weakness’
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NewsGovernment’s ‘confusing’ fire safety guidance did not consider life safety
Document published in 2002 appeared to equate British standards with tougher European standards, Grenfell Inquiry told
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NewsProduct testing sector ‘very concerned’ as ministers fail to clarify new rules
Uncertainty and shortage of testing capacity leaves UK in limbo
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NewsFCBS defends plans to flatten trio of historic Bristol banks
Studio’s environmental researcher says the demolitions are ’the right outcome for the site’
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NewsAHMM’s Holloway prison plans deferred amid backlash
Peabody denies claim that information on scheme’s impact was ’deliberately withheld’
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NewsStorm Eunice damages O2 Arena, Laban Centre and Cressingham Gardens
Footage shows roof of Richard Rogers’ 1999 dome shredded as 122mph winds batter UK
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NewsCivil servant’s non-committal reply to fire safety query was typical, Grenfell inquiry hears
Brian Martin was responding to query on ’poorly drafted’ clause in official guidance which appeared to permit use of combustible cladding in tall buildings
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NewsArchitects remain positive despite rising cost pressures
RIBA survey finds 31% of practices expect workloads to increase, though last year’s upwards trend has slowed
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NewsGove announces plan to give legal force to £4bn cladding threats
Ministers set to amend law to stop developers from building unless they pay into remediation fund
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NewsdRMM opens new Berlin studio out of ‘Brexit depression’
Office is the practice’s first base outside of London
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NewsGovernment deregulation and cuts ‘hobbled’ fire safety group, Grenfell Inquiry hears
BRE taskforce was given ‘contractual requirement’ to rubber-stamp flawed regulations