Grenfell Tower fire triggers emergency safety review across UK’s 4,000 high-rises

June 16, 2017 Rima Sabina Aouf 0

The UK government has launched an emergency review of the country’s high-rise apartments following the Grenfell Tower fire, with cabinet minister Sajid Javid saying residents of similar buildings could be rehoused for their safety. The communities and local government secretary Sajid Javid told the BBC Breakfast programme this morning that an emergency fire safety review

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The Rules of Summer: Kitchen Edition (8 photos)

June 16, 2017 Laura Gaskill 0
We wait all year for summer, when the market is positively bursting with produce, and “cooking” dinner can be as easy as slicing up ripe heirloom tomatoes and a hunk of fresh mozzarella. Here are eight rules of summer that put the good stuff — cold-brewed coffee on a hot morning, wildflowers…

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“If I was misogynist would I hire a woman as my CEO?” says Bjarke Ingels

June 16, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

Bjarke Ingels has hit back at accusations of sexism at his architecture firm, following the controversy over that Instagram post. Speaking to Dezeen, the Danish architect said: “Being a white male makes anything I say sort of misquoted and twisted. Anything that I say about this will be misinterpreted.” “I was shocked at the bullshit people were writing,”

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“A lethal failure of oversight, like at Grenfell Tower, was going to happen sooner or later”

June 16, 2017 Owen Hatherley 0

The devastating fire at London’s Grenfell Tower has highlighted the widespread neglect of the UK’s residential high-rises, and the undeserved contempt held for the people that live in them, says Owen Hatherley. This column was going to be about the election of a left-wing architectural historian and housing campaigner as Member of Parliament for Kensington in the UK’s general

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