Articles by Jessica Mairs

Review of building and fire safety regulations launched following Grenfell Tower disaster

August 1, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

The UK government has launched an independent review of building and fire safety regulations in response to the fatal Grenfell Tower blaze. The review was announced on Friday following the failure of the first large-scale fire tests being carried out by the Building Research Establishment (BRE) on cladding systems used on high-rise residential buildings in the UK. The results showed

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WHY wins Edinburgh’s Ross Pavilion contest with design featuring undulating roof gardens

August 1, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

American studio wHY has won a competition to design a new events pavilion overlooked by Edinburgh Castle, with plans for a series of glazed pavilions topped by wave-shaped roof gardens.  wHY partnered with Edinburgh office GRAS on its design for the £25 million Ross Pavilion, which was selected ahead of proposals by six other teams, including BIG, Adjaye Associates and Sou Fujimoto

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Fire safety test shows Grenfell Tower’s cladding system was “an absolute failure”

July 28, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

A mockup of the cladding system blamed for the catastrophic scale of the Grenfell Tower blaze has failed its government-ordered fire safety check. The fire safety test was carried out on a large-scale replica of the Grenfell Tower cladding system by Building Research Establishment (BRE) on behalf of the government. Part of the test was broadcast on Newsnight, on the

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Fire safety test shows Grenfell Tower’s cladding system was “an absolute failure”

July 28, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

A mockup of the cladding system blamed for the catastrophic scale of the Grenfell Tower blaze has failed its government-ordered fire safety check. The fire safety test was carried out on a large-scale replica of the Grenfell Tower cladding system by Building Research Establishment (BRE) on behalf of the government. Part of the test was broadcast on Newsnight, on the

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Plans put on hold for “deeply offensive” Iron Ring sculpture at Wales’ Flint Castle

July 28, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

The Welsh government has halted plans for a huge ring-shaped walkway at Flint Castle following a backlash against the design, which many see as a symbol of “oppression, subjugation and injustice”. Welsh cabinet secretary for economy and infrastructure, Ken Skates, said the design of the sculpture named the Iron Ring will now be reviewed – following claims it celebrates

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Plans put on hold for “deeply offensive” Iron Ring sculpture at Wales’ Flint Castle

July 28, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

The Welsh government has halted plans for a huge ring-shaped walkway at Flint Castle following a backlash against the design, which many see as a symbol of “oppression, subjugation and injustice”. Welsh cabinet secretary for economy and infrastructure, Ken Skates, said the design of the sculpture named the Iron Ring will now be reviewed – following claims it celebrates

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Cooke Fawcett’s rooftop observatory gives views of London’s skyline from above a Peckham car park

July 28, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

Architecture studio Cooke Fawcett has built an elevated walkway atop a multi-storey car park in south London, a space that is also used as an open-air gallery by arts organisation Bold Tendencies. Called the Peckham Observatory, the steel-framed structure stands like a table over the entrance to the rooftop, which is also the venue of Frank’s Cafe – a campari bar covered by

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Christ & Gantenbein’s concrete extension to National Museum Zurich photographed by Rory Gardiner

July 19, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

British photographer Rory Gardiner took these shots of Christ & Gantenbein’s angular concrete extension to the National Museum Zurich when it was bathed in late winter sunlight. Gardiner visited Zurich in early March to shoot the new wing Christ & Gantenbein designed for the museum, which houses the largest collection of cultural and historical items in Switzerland. The Basel architecture practice selected raw concrete for the extension, which opened last summer, to

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Whale skeleton suspended over information kiosk and bar in revamped Natural History Museum foyer

July 17, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

The huge skeleton of a blue whale is now the centrepiece of the entrance hall at London’s Natural History Museum – but unlike the dinosaur cast there before, it is suspended from the ceiling, freeing up space below for an information desk that doubles as a bar. London interiors studio Casson Mann overhauled the foyer as part of an ongoing renovation of the historic museum. The 25-metre-long whale replaces

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V&A exhibition charts the rise and fall of humble plywood

July 14, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

The social history of plywood – as an innovator in the furniture and transport industries, and a maligned everyday material – is explored in a new exhibition at London’s V&A museum, which opens this weekend. Curated by Elizabeth Bisley and Christopher Wilk, Plywood: Material of the Modern World provides a potted history of plywood through over 120 objects, ranging from the body

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