“We shape buildings, Winston Churchill argued, and they shape us.” Mr Gove opened his speech with a quote that many who have suffered from the building safety crisis in the last six years will no ...

Smoke billows from a fire that has engulfed the 27-storey Grenfell Tower in west London (Picture: PA) Flammable insulating material and a narrow stairwell in Grenfell Tower could have been just as ...

A staircase can become a focal point in a room given the many materials and options available today, says Swati R Kiran. <div class="section1"><div class="Normal ...

The narrow staircase that was the residents only means of escape has been described as a 'deathtrap' THE NARROW staircase and “flammable” insulation at Grenfell Tower proved as deadly as the firetrap ...

The pros and cons of having just one staircase in high rise residential buildings was the subject of an impassioned debate on Tuesday 17 May at the 7 th International Tall Buildings Conference, held ...