This block of flats in Peckham was destroyed after a timber framed building caught fire A controversial safety report, coupled with lobbying by the timber industry, has led to the spread of a ...

Roundwood timber framing means working with materials sourced straight from the forest, using nature’s shapes to create the structure, employing techniques that can easily be learnt and passed on, and ...

Are you after an adventurous project with grand designs? A fresh beginning with an eco-friendly, new-build home designed to your specifications could be just the ticket. “Over the past three decades, ...

Architecture studio McCloy + Muchemwa has renovated a dilapidated garage in Norwich, England, adding a greenhouse extension with a bright-orange framework wrapped in polycarbonate cladding. The London ...

No single building type or material will allow us to build our way out of our climate and decarbonization challenges. We need to reuse and renovate what we already have and when we do build new, we ...

Experts in carbon emissions associated with buildings contend the Government’s target to build about 33,000 new homes every year until 2030 will compromise Ireland’s ambitious emissions reduction ...

The Irish Timber Frame Manufacturer’s Association nicely round it up — in timber frame “the inner load bearing/support wall is replaced by an engineered rigid timber frame structure”. This is not ...

A building in south London that suffered a serious fire last month had a timber frame and had been considered appropriate for a ‘stay put’ strategy in the event of fire, Inside Housing has learned. A ...

The London Assembly is to investigate fire safety in buildings, following a series of fires in the capital involving tall and timber-frame constructions The London Assembly is to investigate fire ...