Christopher is a writer and musician who spends as much time as possible playing video games and watching anime. He is often found repeatedly dying at the hands of random FromSoftware bosses, though ...

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 ...

Sara Robertson used to wake up in the middle of the night thinking that she heard a fire alarm and her apartment was going to burn down. Ms Robertson said the unknown cost of dealing with flammable ...

Replacing unsafe cladding is "urgent" and making existing homes secure must come before building new ones, a safety advisor has urged. Dame Judith Hackitt, chairman of the Independent Review of ...

In May 2017, Sophie Bichener did what many in their twenties are unable to do: buy a home. She paid around £230,000 (around $295,000 at the time) for her two-bedroom apartment in a high-rise building ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Work to make England’s multistorey residential buildings safe from dangerous cladding could cost up to £22.4bn, ...

Mike Paternoster said his property was "a lot colder" last winter due to the lack of cladding Work is expected to start soon on 14 residential blocks in a Surrey town that were covered in combustible ...

Cladding is an especially underrated, but incredibly important, element of any house design project. It will be instrumental in how your house is perceived and how it ages in time. But how much does ...

Flat owners will not have to pay to remove dangerous cladding from lower-height buildings under new government plans, BBC Newsnight understands. It means leaseholders in buildings of between 11 and 18 ...

North America Cladding Systems Market was valued at US$ 66.1 billion in 2023 and is projected to attain a market size of US$ 123.6 billion by 2032 at a CAGR of 7.21% during the forecast period ...

Question: With all the recent coverage in the news I am concerned about the cladding on my building and whether it is still safe. Who is responsible for this and what can I do to ensure the material ...