Jane Embury looks at construction and the environment The green agenda is just about to get a whole lot greener, whether we like it or not. Next month sees the start of the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow. It will cast a very bright spotlight on human activity and […]
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The inside of the new inside
Jane Embury looks at the future of retail interiors The future of architecture has changed. We need new kinds of sustainable architecture to reflect the changed realities of working from home for longer. But we also need development and refurbishment to bring new life back to our towns and cities. That twin challenge needs new […]
Contain to protect
Jane Embury compares two fires in the past week in London and Milan Last week saw a potentially serious fire in a multi-storey building in London. More than 15 fire crews and some 100 firefighters were deployed to bring it under control. Luckily, nobody was badly hurt. The fire in Battersea was in a building […]
9/11 and fire in tall buildings
Jane Embury looks at fire compartmentation in new tall buildings The 20th anniversary of 9/11 is fast approaching. In the wake of the Twin Towers, their replacement, the One World Trade Center opened in 2014. Although 9/11 was a manmade disaster, the Grenfell Tower fire again underlines that tragedies in tall buildings do happen. In […]
Balancing the past with the future
Jane Embury looks to the past to build the future There was an interesting article recently in Building magazine by Joanne Anderson, mayor of Liverpool. The article makes the point that urban development and heritage should not be mutually exclusive. It comes in the wake of the city being deprived of its UNESCO world heritage […]
