The Architects’ Journal Architecture News & Buildings
Combustible cladding ‘ban’ – what do we really know?
Grenfell survivors say the government’s ban is a crucial first step towards reforming the industry, but it has also been criticised as inadequate and short on detail. Ella Jessel investigates
Tag: Cross-laminated timber
Weekend roundup: Foster tower tragedy
Simon Aldous’s take on the big architectural stories of the week: Foster tower tragedy • Borrowing cap scrapped • Cladding ban confirmed • Macintosh listed building ‘mutilated’
Studio Egret West completes first for-sale homes at Old Vinyl Factory scheme
The cross-laminated timber building is part of the regeneration project centred on the old EMI factory site in Hayes
Maccreanor Lavington makes a feature of railway line at Camden school
The design of Kingsgate primary school draws on an adjacent railway line as a source of inspiration, rather than being a nuisance
Hawkins\Brown completes engineered timber school swimming pool
A private school in Surrey’s 25m, six-lane competition pool utilises a glulam portal frame braced with CLT panels
Feature: Just how sustainable is cross-laminated timber?
CLT’s environmental qualities came under scrutiny during World Green Building Week. Jon Astbury reports
High density, low carbon: Dalston Works by Waugh Thistleton
This high-density, low-carbon mixed-use scheme in east London is one of the world’s largest CLT structures, writes Jay Merrick. Photography Daniel Shearing
Alison Brooks designs timber ‘smile’ for London Design Festival
Alison Brooks has designed this banana-like timber structure to sit in the grounds of the Chelsea College of Arts during this September’s London Design Festival