Look at the walls of most modern buildings. Sleek. Smooth. Sometimes glossy, sometimes matte. That’s not regular paint or plaster. Most of the time, it’s aluminium cladding panels. These panels are ...

It took just 90 minutes for fire to race up 20 storeys of the Grenfell Tower in June 2017, killing 72 people. Last month, a cigarette sparked a blaze that quickly jumped five floors of Melbourne's ...

Alcoa Architectural Products of France has launched a new aluminium cladding panel that cleans both itself and the surrounding air. “These cladding features mean the building is no longer just a ...

Portland, OR, Sept. 06, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- According to the report published by Allied Market Research, the global aluminum cladding panels market generated $5.84 billion in 2020, and is ...

The panels encasing London’s Grenfell Tower — gutted by a June 14 inferno that left at least 79 presumed dead — will no longer be sold for use on tall buildings, the manufacturer said Monday.

Authorities believe part of the Adelaide Convention Centre is clad in the worst type of flammable aluminium panels, with no testing done to determine its properties. The SA Government is considering ...

Documents show contractors were asked to fit aluminium instead of more fire-resistant zinc, saving £300,000 Fire-resistant zinc cladding approved by residents of Grenfell Tower was replaced in the ...

The aluminum Click-on Batten system from Sculptform can be used as wall, ceiling or facade cladding in either internal or external applications. The aluminum battens are simply push-clicked onto ...

Newsnight has obtained confidential reports that help explain how flammable material has become more common on tall buildings. Combustible cladding has been permitted based on reports arguing fires ...