Could a Grenfell - style disaster happen with new buildings? This study suggests shortcuts are still being taken northwestbylines.co.uk/lifestyle/hu...
Could a Grenfell - style disaster happen with new buildings? This study suggests shortcuts are still being taken
Simplistic article for an industry wide problem affecting not just architects, with commercial pressure to use cheaper products (e.g. catastrophically inferior ‘flame resistant’ foam panels that burn in a real fire). Reusing the previous detail because ‘that one didn’t burn down’ is awful hindsight.
Maybe impose strict liability on individuals who specify sub-standard materials and those upstream who approve and sign off plans.
In the 90s there was a big push to get rid of the Clerk of Works and make contractors self-policing. You might guess who pushed hardest for that. As a result, practically every project now falls short of proper standards in varying degrees.
When architects become more concerned with style than functionality, they cease to be architects. Truly. American architect Louis Sullivan says it correctly: "Form follows Function."