image: Researchers at Bar-Ilan University in Israel have demonstrated a new concept of optical fiber sensors that addresses a decades-long challenge: the distributed mapping of refractive index ...

Facade and fire testing experts have welcomed news of an addendum to the UAE Fire and Life Safety code banning the use of non fire-rated exterior cladding panels on high-rise buildings. The ...

Seven years after the Grenfell Tower blaze in London that killed 72 people, including two Australians, an inquiry has highlighted a chain of failures that led to the disaster and laid the heaviest ...

The Grenfell Tower fire in London started in a fridge-freezer, and outside cladding and insulation failed safety tests, police say. The Metropolitan Police say manslaughter, health and safety, and ...

LONDON-- London police say that the number of dead or missing in the high-rise apartment building fire is now 79. Police Commander Stuart Cundy gave the new figure during a statement outside Scotland ...

On June 14, 2017 a fire broke out in the 24-storey Grenfell tower block of flats in North Kensington, West London. It consumed the building, caused 72 deaths, including those of two victims who later ...

From undulating forms to breathable qualities and sustainable fabrication, the future of façade design is an ever-evolving topic in architecture. designboom and ArchDaily team up with Corian® Design ...

MILAN - The mayor of Italy's financial capital Milan demanded answers on Monday over why a fire was able to rip through an apartment block and melt its cladding, comparing it to the Grenfell Tower ...