- Jan 13, 2021
Tower Blocks UK in Hibernation
To our followers, Since March 2020, the pandemic has re-shaped all of our lives. At Tower Blocks UK, we've celebrated successes, such as the launch of FixMyBlock: an online guide to housing rights for tower block tenants which continues to receive hundreds of visitors each day. We've also seen one of our founding members Sam Webb, receive an MBE in the Queen's New Years Honours list. We've continued to campaign vigorously for improved tower block safety standards and have sha

- Jan 5, 2021
Tower Blocks UK co-founder Sam Webb awarded MBE
Sam Webb awarded an MBE in the Queen's New Years Honours List 2021, for services to architecture. Sam Webb qualified as an architect in 1962 and has spent over 50 years championing tower block safety. He was instrumental to the discovery of serious fire and structural defects in the design of Large Panel System (LPS) high rise blocks and has campaigned vigorously for resident safety following the Ronan Point LPS tower block collapse in 1968. He acted as an expert witness for