Timber has always had a place in design, but lately it’s taken on a different role. Instead of being treated as a rustic add-on or a traditional cladding, it’s becoming central to modern ...

Housing associations are urgently investigating developments using the same material found covering the Barking block partly destroyed by a fire two weeks ago, as an Inside Housing investigation has ...

The cladding used on the development that was hit by a devastating fire in Barking yesterday was a wood-based material called ThermoWood with a Class D fire rating, an email seen by Inside Housing has ...