Learning from Grenfell: architects still have much soul searching to do
Richard Waite and Gino Spocchia take an in-depth look at the Grenfell Tower Inquiry report and assess what its ramifications could be for the profession
By Richard Waite, Gino Spocchia 24 September 2024 2,178 Views
Richard Waite and Gino Spocchia take an in-depth look at the Grenfell Tower Inquiry report and assess what its ramifications could be for the profession
By Colm Lacey 16 September 2024 1,316 Views
The Grenfell Inquiry has taught us there is little value in trying to identify a single villain in the tragedy – but it does offer a crucial chance for self-reflection, writes Colm Lacey
By Gino Spocchia 13 September 2024 1,349 Views
A new code of conduct for the profession, with an emphasis on safety, competence and ethics, has been put out to consultation by the Architects Registration Board (ARB)
By Russell Curtis 13 September 2024 5,941 Views
The Grenfell report fails to grasp the wider lessons of this tragedy by ignoring the warped procurement culture that encouraged so many awful decisions, argues Russell Curtis
By Gino Spocchia 6 September 2024 3,541 Views
Architecture practice Studio E, although no longer trading, has not been allowed to fully wind up because of its role in the Grenfell Tower fire, official documents show
By Gino Spocchia 5 September 2024 810 Views
The Grenfell Tower fire was the result of ‘decades of failure’ by central government to ensure building regulations and construction materials were up to the job, the inquiry’s second report has said
By Richard Waite 4 September 2024 4,744 Views
Among the many ways the industry may be impacted by the Grenfell Inquiry report, could tighter regulation for architects be one of them?
By Gino Spocchia 4 September 2024 2,730 Views
Studio E Architects committed 'significant' failings in multiple ways during the now fatal refurbishment of Grenfell Tower, the second report from the inquiry into the disaster has found
By Gino Spocchia 4 September 2024 2,674 Views
Architectural education and government responsibility area among key recommendations made in the second and final report from the years-long inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire
By Gino Spocchia 4 September 2024 5,589 Views
Architecture practice Studio E ‘bears a very significant degree of responsibility’ for the Grenfell Tower fire, according to the final inquiry report into the disaster