Building facades are no longer simple exterior walls. In modern architecture, the facade is a highly engineered system that controls light, heat, safety, and visual identity. It is the first element ...

Timber cladding has become a familiar sight on buildings across the UK, from contemporary housing developments to extensions and refurbishment projects. Its popularity reflects a wider shift ...

Following the deadly June 14 London Grenfell Tower fire that has killed at least 79 people, a nationwide investigation determined that dozens of U.K. high-rise buildings are potentially unsafe. On ...

In all climate zones, the various forms of metal cladding—single-skin panels, metal composite materials (MCM) panels, and insulated metal panels (IMPs)—are proving to be reliable, durable elements on ...

From a British school to a secluded house in the Hudson Valley, here is an eclectic mix of buildings from the Dezeen archives with rustic yet refined facades of rough-sawn timber. Rough-sawn timber is ...

Stephen Ledbetter works for the Centre for Window and Cladding Technology (CWCT), a not-for-profit information and training body that was formerly part of the University of Bath. CWCT has over 300 ...

The referential of movement, which describes the variation in an object's position and velocity according to the observer's perspective, is one of the fundamental concepts of physics. This idea not ...

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.