The Architects’ Journal Architecture News & Buildings
Morrell review questions new product safety testing regime
An independent review into construction product safety has questioned whether the regulators will be able to effectively enforce tighter standards
Grenfell Tower
News about the Grenfell Tower Inquiry and Studio E Architects, plus information about fire safety and changes to the Building Regulations
Over half of ‘rebel’ developers have now signed government fire-safety contract
More than half of the major developers named and shamed by the government over fire safety have now signed up to its remediation deal
Lendlease joins other developers to sign government fire safety contract
Lendlease has become the latest developer to sign a fire-safety remediation contract with the government, after a warning that those that refused would be barred from future housing work
Grenfell tragedy: Gove admits cladding guidance was ‘faulty and ambiguous’
Housing secretary Michael Gove has become the first minister to admit the government’s building regulations were faulty and unclear before the Grenfell Tower fire
This book will make you sad, furious and disgusted by the industry we work in
Show me the bodies: How we let Grenfell happen wasn’t the most seasonal choice of reading at Christmas but there’s never a good time to read a detailed analysis of one of the worst tragedies in UK history, writes Hari Phillips
Fire chiefs call for two escape stairs in all new housing over 18m
All new residential buildings over 18m or seven storeys should be legally required to have two stair cores, senior firefighters in England have said
The Regs: Far-reaching changes on fire safety are coming into effect
Geoff Wilkinson takes a look at the latest changes to Approved Document B (Fire Safety)
Grenfell inquiry closes: ‘Each and every death was avoidable’
The inquiry into the fire at Grenfell Tower, which killed 72 people, has closed after more than five years
Grenfell architect bears primary responsibility for fire, barrister tells inquiry
Studio E Architects is among those who bear ‘primary responsibility’ for the full extent of the Grenfell Tower fire, according to one of the lawyers for the bereaved and survivors
The Regs: How to specify intumescent coatings correctly
Geoff Wilkinson offers key pointers to specifying fire-protective finishes