Envelope – Page 7
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NewsGrenfell fire safety consultant was not sent key report, inquiry hears
Exova ’simply not involved’ in choosing cladding, firm’s QC says
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NewsGrenfell Inquiry: Architect and other consultants ‘knew about cladding risk’
Email chain in which firms suggest cladding would fail is revealed in manufacturer’s evidence
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NewsGrenfell Inquiry: Studio E ‘can’t afford legal team’
Phase-two hearing told architect has to make ‘difficult decisions’ about how to explain its involvement in tower-block refurb
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NewsDevelopers avoiding 18m cladding rule by building lower, government official says
Combustible cladding is banned on buildings taller than 18m
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NewsGrenfell contractor ‘not passing buck’ by delegating work to architect
Rydon’s barrister said ACM manufacturer and supplier knew panels should not be used above 18m
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NewsPLP’s Stratford hotel set for go-ahead
Twenty-two-storey High Street scheme recommended for approval by planning officers
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NewsSquires replaces Chipperfield on Harrods garage project
Architect seeks consent to complete terracotta façade after 100 years
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NewsPilbrow & Partners completes hospital project
Newest UCLH facility is next to Hopkins’ cancer centre
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NewsFletcher Priest wins Hamburg housing competition
Proposals for dockyard regeneration scheme honour legendary piano maker Steinway
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NewsGlenn Howells’ Birmingham homes approved
Scheme being built in city’s historic Jewellery Quarter
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OpinionHow to do ornament that’s not a crime
Gillian Darley on the delight of a well-crafted detail
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NewsRIBA president rips into Conservative manifesto
Jones welcomes praise for UK’s design expertise – but questions safety stance
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FeaturesArchitects should embrace a modular future
The profession ought to be cheering the government’s support for modern methods of construction, not knocking it, argues HTA’s Simon Bayliss
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NewsDyson dishes up dinosaur-inspired café
Crystal Palace feature has cedar shingles in nod to park’s scaly prehistoric statues
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NewsGrenfell Inquiry: new details of tragic refurb emerge
Tower’s ‘purely decorative’ architectural crown aided spread of fire, report says
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NewsGrenfell report backs ‘golden thread’ for high-rise buildings
Next phase will examine why materials in fatal blaze failed to meet Building Regulations, says inquiry head
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NewsMinister threatens to ‘shame’ building owners that fail to remove dangerous cladding
Housing secretary addresses MPs on eve of first Grenfell report
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TechnicalTechnical Study: IOC Headquarters, Lausanne, by 3XN
The International Olympic Committee has raised the bar for office buildings. Ike Ijeh finds out how architect 3XN created a world-beater
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TechnicalTechnical Study: Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, London
Carl Turner tells Elizabeth Hopkirk how he won the biggest project of his career – and then had to design it a nerve-wracking three times
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TechnicalTechnical Study: The Gantry, Here East, London
Hawkins Brown has created a colourful new hub for artists using the open source WikiHouse construction system