Metro

Grenfell Tower insulation and stairwell were ‘just as deadly as the cladding’

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 ...
ifsecglobal.com

Gove opens Cladding Safety Scheme and commits to mandating second staircases in new residential buildings over 18m

“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 ...
Dezeen

Copenhagen's Experimentarium features a helical staircase and cladding based on fluid dynamics

Danish studio CEBRA has redesigned a science centre in Copenhagen, adding a shimmering copper-clad staircase that represents the structure of a DNA strand. CEBRA won an international competition in ...
The Sun

Grenfell’s narrow stairwell and ‘flammable’ insulation as dangerous as the firetrap cladding, tests show – as residents reveal they weren’t told to flee until two ...

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 ...