It is time to start mandating second staircases, writes Gavin Tomlinson of the National Fire Chiefs Council #UKhousing “It is essential that everyone, in all buildings, can evacuate during a fire,” ...

In Shenzhen, China, this museum exhibit presents detailed scale models of high-rise buildings placed within a modern ...

Timber frames, for so long limited to the low-rise residential sector, have begun to break into commercial and higher-rise uses, thanks to technological breakthroughs. What does the future hold? For ...

While the birth of the high-rise building can be traced back to the late nineteenth century, designing high-rise buildings for the purpose of science remains a relatively recent concept. Historically ...

High-rise residential buildings should have individual evacuation plans, a government-funded research project has said, running counter to the Home Office’s ongoing reliance on ‘stay put’. The ...

Speaking at the 7 th International Tall Buildings Conference held alongside FIREX International in May, Ian Doncaster outlined what we have learned about the principles of smoke control in high-rise ...

Dangerous cladding will be fixed on all high-rise buildings on Government schemes within the next five years, ministers will pledge on Monday. The Remediation Acceleration Plan will set out that by ...