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Grenfell architect with no experience of high-rises appointed without Ojeu, inquiry hears
Studio E email acknowledged it was ‘a little green on process and technicality’ and proposed ‘some rapid CPD’
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Architect ‘signed off non-compliant drawings’, Grenfell Inquiry told
Studio E accused of leaving inexperienced architect ‘to sink’
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Grenfell Inquiry: London mayor seeks interim safety recommendations
Khan also calls on PM to secure rapid replacement for Benita Mehra, who resigned from inquiry panel at weekend
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Key Grenfell witnesses request immunity from prosecution before giving evidence
Inquiry chair ‘surprised’ by application from Studio E and others for privilege against self-incrimination
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Grenfell Inquiry: Studio E questions expert architect’s competence
Practice demands chance to ‘properly comment’ on Paul Hyett’s 575-page report - and that he reveal his own cladding experience
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Grenfell fire safety consultant was not sent key report, inquiry hears
Exova ’simply not involved’ in choosing cladding, firm’s QC says
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Grenfell Inquiry: Architect and other consultants ‘knew about cladding risk’
Email chain in which firms suggest cladding would fail is revealed in manufacturer’s evidence
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Grenfell Inquiry: Studio E ‘can’t afford legal team’
Phase-two hearing told architect has to make ‘difficult decisions’ about how to explain its involvement in tower-block refurb
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Developers avoiding 18m cladding rule by building lower, government official says
Combustible cladding is banned on buildings taller than 18m
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Grenfell contractor ‘not passing buck’ by delegating work to architect
Rydon’s barrister said ACM manufacturer and supplier knew panels should not be used above 18m
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PLP’s Stratford hotel set for go-ahead
Twenty-two-storey High Street scheme recommended for approval by planning officers
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Squires replaces Chipperfield on Harrods garage project
Architect seeks consent to complete terracotta façade after 100 years
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Pilbrow & Partners completes hospital project
Newest UCLH facility is next to Hopkins’ cancer centre
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Fletcher Priest wins Hamburg housing competition
Proposals for dockyard regeneration scheme honour legendary piano maker Steinway
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Glenn Howells’ Birmingham homes approved
Scheme being built in city’s historic Jewellery Quarter
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Opinion
How to do ornament that’s not a crime
Gillian Darley on the delight of a well-crafted detail
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RIBA president rips into Conservative manifesto
Jones welcomes praise for UK’s design expertise – but questions safety stance
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Features
Architects should embrace a modular future
The profession ought to be cheering the government’s support for modern methods of construction, not knocking it, argues HTA’s Simon Bayliss
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Dyson dishes up dinosaur-inspired café
Crystal Palace feature has cedar shingles in nod to park’s scaly prehistoric statues
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Grenfell Inquiry: new details of tragic refurb emerge
Tower’s ‘purely decorative’ architectural crown aided spread of fire, report says