This Building’s Mural Has a Hidden Purpose—Generating Electricity

At first glance, the most striking part of the SunRise, a recently redeveloped residential tower in Edmonton, Alberta, is the ...

This skyline-stealing mural also powers its building

At first glance, the most striking part of the SunRise, a recently redeveloped residential tower in Edmonton, Alberta, is the ...
BBC

Cladding repair work to begin but will take years

Work is expected to start soon on 14 residential blocks in a Surrey town that were covered in combustible cladding, but it could be 2029 before safe permanent fixes are completed. Critical safety ...
heraldscotland

Developers warn cladding levy could worsen housing emergency

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Dangerous flammable cladding still not removed from dozens of NSW high-rise apartment buildings

Dozens of high-rise apartment buildings across the state are still covered in flammable cladding. The ABC can reveal only 30 of the 76 buildings taking part in a government program offering 10-year ...
Dezeen

Eight buildings enveloped in rustic rough-sawn timber cladding

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 ...
The Irish News

Five Belfast high-rise blocks ‘inexplicably’ removed from unsafe cladding list

Five high-rise apartment blocks in Belfast that communities minister Gordon Lyons previously said had unsafe cladding similar to that on the ill-fated Grenfell Tower have turned out to have “no ...
Inside Housing

Remediation Acceleration Plan: industry figures highlight capacity concerns and lack of focus on non-cladding defects

Industry figures say the government’s updated 22-point Remediation Acceleration Plan lacks focus on non-cladding fire safety defects and there are still concerns around capacity of contractors and ...
BBC

Taylor Wimpey's profits wiped out by fixing cladding

Taylor Wimpey's profits have been wiped out by higher-than-expected costs to remove cladding from its buildings in response to the Grenfell fire tragedy. The company made a loss in the first half of ...
BBC

Grenfell survivors visit US cladding firm's HQ

Two bereaved survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire have travelled from west London to the US headquarters of cladding manufacturer Arconic. Nick Burton and Marcio Gomes made the trip to Pittsburgh, ...
Couriermail

‘Sickening’: Sydney unit owners face levies of up to $220,000 to replace flammable cladding

Owners in a stunning Sydney apartment building say they have been blindsided by eye-watering special levies of up to $220,000. Sluggish remediation works, drawn-out legal battles and onerous ...
The Independent

Government tackled over why Grenfell cladding ‘crooks’ not behind bars

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...