More than 900 survivors, bereaved family members and local residents affected by the Grenfell Tower fire have agreed a settlement in a civil claim over the disaster. Companies and public bodies involved in a refurbishment of the 1970s London social housing block, which was destroyed in a huge blaze in June 2017 that killed 72
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The average gender pay gap across the UK’s largest architecture studios has got wider in the past year, “disheartening” Dezeen analysis of official data shows. Among the 20 organisations in the sector required to publish figures, including the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and the Architectural Association (AA), the median hourly gender pay gap
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The average gender pay gap across the UK’s largest architecture studios has got wider in the past year, “disheartening” Dezeen analysis of official data shows. Among the 20 organisations in the sector required to publish figures, including the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and the Architectural Association (AA), the median hourly gender pay gap
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As our Timber Revolution series comes to an end, we round up the 10 significant buildings that have pushed the use of mass-timber. Starting with a small housing scheme built in rural Austria in the late 1990s and ending with an 87-metre tower completed in the USA last year, the buildings profiled in the series chart the
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Minimalist British designer John Pawson has ditched his pared-back aesthetic in favour of full-blown maximalism, Dezeen understands. Pawson, who is not an architect, had become famous for his minimalist designs and was awarded a CBE in 2019. But a source close to Pawson informed Dezeen that he has now embraced bold colours, clashing patterns and
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Dezeen’s top five Houses of the month for March 2023 include a snake-like dwelling in India and a converted 19th-century school in southern Italy. A brutalist holiday home in a Mexican forest, a minimalist residence in Massachusetts and a Vietnamese family home with a massive roof complete the list. This roundup is the latest instalment in
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There’s no symbol of luxury more universal than the four-poster bed. In this lookbook, we select eight bedrooms elevated by their presence. Beds with vertical columns in each corner supporting an upper panel date back to the medieval period. Originally built with wraparound curtains to keep out the cold and provide privacy, they have historically
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Mass timber will not become a mainstream building product because it uses too much wood, construction material expert Benjamin Kromoser claims in this interview for the Timber Revolution. “If we go more in the direction of mass-timber buildings we don’t have enough material, so the idea of scaling it up in the near future will
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World-leading fire safety expert José Torero has told Dezeen he is “extremely concerned” about mass-timber buildings being constructed around the world. As part of a feature on fire safety, Torero claimed that a lack of consistency in the competency of people designing and constructing mass-timber buildings runs the risk of a “catastrophic” fire event. “My concern
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Architects enthusiastic about mass timber must improve their understanding of fire safety or risk disaster, experts tell Dezeen as part of the Timber Revolution series. Uncertainty among governments and insurers over whether mid- and high-rise timber buildings are safe in a fire remains a key obstacle to the greater adoption of engineered-wood buildings. No consensus
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