Almost 5,000 housing developments – either completed or on site – are currently using timber cladding despite warnings about its dangers from fire experts, Inside Housing can exclusively reveal. There ...

Labour is pushing for more timber frame homes, saying they would be better for builders, and for the planet. Keir Starmer's government wants to build 1.5million homes during the course of this ...

Cladding is an especially underrated, but incredibly important, element of any house design project. It will be instrumental in how your house is perceived and how it ages in time. But how much does ...

Fire safety used to sit somewhere near the edge of architectural thinking. It was addressed, documented, approved, and then quietly filed away while design decisions moved on. That approach no longer ...

Brussels studio Madam Architectuur has renovated and extended a bungalow near Aalst, updating its exterior with bright red-painted timber that is "striking yet modest". Named Charlotte, the low-slung ...

This article first appeared in BlackWhite which is produced by Resene. With such a sharp rise in the popularity of timber cladding both for interior and exterior uses, it can almost be difficult to ...

A north London council has sounded the alarm over what it fears could be a fresh national cladding issue after a probe found UPVC on buildings to be hazardous. Hundreds of Barnet residents face being ...

To embrace indoor/outdoor living, this Victoria-era house in London is outfitted with a handsome new extension wrapped in Shou Sugi Ban cladding. Designed by Neil Dusheiko Architects, the Black Ridge ...

Rhythm House in Amsterdam is clad in rough-sawn timber and designed to be a modern adaptation of the area's previous agricultural houses. Built in the neighbourhood of Sloten on the outskirts of ...

Almost 5,000 housing developments – either completed or on site – are currently using timber cladding despite warnings about its dangers from fire experts, Inside Housing can exclusively reveal. There ...