Fire safety used to sit somewhere near the edge of architectural thinking. It was addressed, documented, approved, and then quietly filed away while design decisions moved on. That approach no longer ...

Almost 5,000 housing developments – either completed or on site – are currently using timber cladding despite warnings about its dangers from fire experts, Inside Housing can exclusively reveal. There ...

A DAD-of-five who spent £2,000 building a customised wooden bike shed outside his house has been ordered to tear it down after neighbours complained it was an ‘eyesore’. Nick Arnold hired a ...

Engineered timber products such as cross-laminated timber must be exempt from the UK government's ban on combustible cladding materials, as they are essential in the global battle against climate ...