How we perceive space is a crucial aspect of architecture and interior design, profoundly influencing our interaction with the environment. Consequently, spatial perception is shaped by elements such ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

One of the city's most lavish and prominent apartment blocks is to have "combustible cladding" removed and replaced. An application has been put in to Plymouth City Council's planning department for ...

Leaseholders living in buildings under 18 metres tall will not need external wall application (EWS1) forms, following a government U-turn. In its latest decision, the government found “there is no ...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has set out new guidance to clarify which properties require valuers to complete an EWS1 form and which do not, in a bid to unlock the sales of flats with ...

Flammable cladding has been replaced on just one high-rise housing block out of 5,500 in Scotland, seven years after the Grenfell Tower fire. Flammable cladding has been replaced on just one high-rise ...

Developers have struck a deal with the government to help fix unsafe cladding on tall buildings they have worked on. Housing Secretary Michael Gove said it was a "significant" step to ensuring "those ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The state government faces renewed calls to release a secret list of buildings with dangerous flammable cladding after publicly ...