Safety tests conducted on about 600 high-rise buildings in England have so far found that seven contain flammable external cladding similar to that used on London’s Grenfell Tower, officials said.

From a distance, today’s building innovations in cladding performance, aesthetics, and construction appear unconstrained and quite varied. Material mixing is creating newly expressive façades, and ...

Metal cladding is on a growth trajectory globally. This is reflected in rising demand for rainscreen cladding, which market research firm VMR values currently at over $10 billion worldwide, and ...

A new £100m civil service office had to be evacuated after a large piece of cladding fell from the top of the building. Staff ...

Although glass is known for being fully recyclable, the US Environmental Protection Agency states that only about one third of post-consumer glass actually gets recycled. A new glass-based building ...

More than four years after a fired raged through the 24-floor Grenfell Tower apartment building in London, causing 72 deaths, the government has told builders and developers they must fund and replace ...

British Prime Minister Theresa May's office says combustible cladding has so far been found on seven high-rise blocks in England after tests ordered by the government. The British leader said earlier ...

There is a “widening” gap between identification and action in cladding remediation. Using government data, Property Inspect ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... LONDON — Tests so far have found that at least three high-rise apartment buildings in the U.K. have flammable external panels like the ones believed to have ...

The industry has made significant strides in increasing home efficiency, particularly by making the building envelope tighter ...

British Prime Minister Theresa May's office says combustible cladding has so far been found on seven high-rise blocks in England after tests ordered by the government. The British leader said earlier ...