Jun 16, 2017 · Grenfell tower was constructed in the 1970s. It features four storeys of community and office use at the base of the building with 20 storeys of flats above. The building features an in-situ concrete core and concrete escape stair and lifts in the centre.

Grenfell Tower is a derelict 24-storey residential tower block in North Kensington in London, England. The tower was completed in 1974 as part of the first phase of the Lancaster West Estate. [1] Most of the tower was destroyed in a severe fire on 14 June 2017.

Jul 21, 2017 · Grenfell Tower is part of the Lancaster West estate built between 1972 and 1981 on a 28 acre plot behind Latimer Road Station. The area had a turbulent history. In the early 19th century it was infamous as a shanty town of shed housing …

Jun 19, 2017 · Part of the Lancaster West estate, a social housing complex of almost 1000 homes in West London, Grenfell Tower is in North Kensington, on the western edge of inner London. The building,...

There is no easy way to write about the Grenfell Tower fire. Not only was it a particularly horrific tragedy where more than 80 people died, it is also bound up with the byzantine complexities of building regulations and approval processes.

Feb 26, 2025 · Significant reforms have been made since 2017 to tackle the most urgent and pressing safety failures identified in response to the tragedy at Grenfell Tower across building safety; fire...

Jun 13, 2022 · It is five years since 72 people lost their lives in the Grenfell Tower disaster, on 14 June 2017. In the aftermath of the fire, Dame Judith Hackitt’s final report, following her independent review of building regulations and fire safety, criticised the construction industry of a “race to the bottom”.

Feb 26, 2025 · In the full response to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry’s final report today (26 February), the government has accepted the findings and sets out its plans to act on all 58 recommendations, driving...

Sep 5, 2024 · Significantly, the report acknowledges that it is not possible to identify any single cause of the tragedy, with many different acts and omissions combining to bring about the Grenfell Tower fire. It also found that the PE ACM cladding panels were the “principal reason” for the rapid fire spread.

Grenfell Tower, Grenfell House Type CTBUH collects data on two major types of tall structures: 'Buildings' and 'Telecommunications / Observation Towers.'