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Search begins for Grenfell Tower memorial design team
The RIBA has launched a selection process for a team to create a memorial at Grenfell Tower in west London [Deadline: 18 September 2024]
Grenfell Tower
News about the Grenfell Tower Inquiry and Studio E Architects, plus information about fire safety and changes to the Building Regulations
Building Safety Act impacts: ‘Our industry needed a root-and-branch change of culture’
Seven years on from the Grenfell tragedy, ECD Architects’ James Traynor looks at the Building Safety Act 2022, its impacts and the challenges still to be addressed
No Grenfell Tower criminal charges before 2026, say police
Any criminal charges in connection with the Grenfell tower fire will not come before 2026, almost a decade on from the tragedy, the Metropolitan Police and Crown Prosecution Service have said
Grenfell Inquiry’s final report delayed for a third time
Publication of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry’s final report has been pushed back again in the third major delay to the process
Why is building safety failing to follow Judith Hackitt’s prescription?
Making our buildings truly 'safe' involves ensuring professional competency and responsibility, not the application of blanket rules, writes James McNay
How can the RIBA view the new principal designer role as a money-spinner?
The RIBA’s new Principal Designer Register makes me seriously question the value the institute delivers to its members, writes Rob Charlton
Spanish tower block fire: experts point to cladding to explain speed of fatal blaze
Experts have claimed flammable cladding helped enable the speed and ferocity of the fire which tore through an apartment block in Spain last week, killing at least 10 people
Safety regulator to investigate towers built with large panel systems
The Building Safety Regulator (BSR) is to urgently look at large panel system (LPS) buildings as part of its new inspection regime, the AJ’s sister title Construction News has learned
Grenfell Inquiry’s final report further delayed
The Grenfell Tower Inquiry’s final report into the disaster could be delayed by another six months, it has been revealed
Grenfell Tower memorial: search for designer to start next year
The search for a design team for a permanent Grenfell Tower memorial is set to begin in the spring