If you’re planning a self build or extension project and researching build options, there’s a good chance you’ve come across structural insulated panels, also known as SIPs. This build method has ...

In 2015, the Norwegian Trekking Association announced a decision to construct two warming huts along the mountains that ring the town of Hammerfest to encourage hiking for both residents and tourists.

Italian chemical and development group Acell (Milan, Italy) has already earned kudos in the construction composites industry with its innovative foam-cored sandwich panels for doors (click on “SMC ...

Feilden Fowles takes a fresh and rational approach to timber construction with its Ty Pren residential project, writes Felix Mara London architect Feilden Fowles’ Ty Pren, a 170m 2 four-bedroom house ...

In all climate zones, the various forms of metal cladding—single-skin panels, metal composite materials (MCM) panels, and insulated metal panels (IMPs)—are proving to be reliable, durable elements on ...

A building inspector has criticised safety failings on an Essex housing estate hit by 10 fires in 10 years. Arnold Tarling, a fire safety expert, told BBC Inside Out East that cladding being installed ...