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The owners of a historic pub who demolished it while it was being considered for listed building status have been ordered to rebuild the whole thing brick by brick. Tel Aviv-based developers CLTX Ltd will be ordered to “recreate in facsimile the building as it stood immediately prior to its demoli

A naked man in Florida was taken to hospital for sunburns to his buttocks after he ended up on top of a 100-foot drawbridge. WPLG Local 10 News reports that the man did not plan to go up the drawbridge but was simply strolling across the bridge naked at an unfortunate time.

Five Scottish developments have been recognised with the most rigorous and prestigious awards for new buildings in the UK. Arcadia Nursery, Dalmunach Distillery, Laurieston Transformational Area, Maggie’s Lanarkshire and West Burn Lane have been announced by the Royal Institute of British Architec

Councillors are set to discuss the progress of a business case for the possible extension of the tram in Edinburgh.

Australian architectural firm Elenberg Fraser has won planning approval for a 226-metre-high Melbourne skyscraper that will feature a curvaceous form that took inspiration from a music video by American pop star Beyoncé. The new Premiere Tower at 134 Spencer Street will boast a series of curves and

Kirkcaldy is to benefit from a new project by Kingdom Housing Association which will see the construction of 15 new affordable, energy-efficient homes at a cost of £1.5 million.

Buro Happold and bblur architecture have won planning approval to create Europe’s tallest and longest slide from the platforms of Anish Kapoor’s Orbit sculpture. The landmark was nicknamed the helter skelter by the public when it was built at the Olympic park for the London 2012 Games.

Angus Carmichael appointed as Scottish Road Works Commissioner Angus Carmichael has been appointed as Scottish Road Works Commissioner on an interim basis.

A 300-year-old farm steading will have to be rebuilt brick by brick after it was demolished without consent. Cocklaw Developments’ Ken Thomson was refused permission to tear down an old outbuilding at Boreland Farm, near Cleish, in Kinross-shire.

The crown prince and ruler of Dubai wants to build no less than four helicopter landing zones on his remote Highland estate. The billionaire ruler of Dubai wants to allow corporate and private guests to be flown straight into the walled garden of his 63,000-acre Inverinate Estate in Lochalsh.

A 760 mph capsule-based transportation system which would connect London to Glasgow in as little as 30 minutes could be built in the UK, according to its developers. Speaking at BaseStone's Construct//Disrupt, an event held in London to explore the future of transportation technologies, the company

Architect Ian Simpson has apologised for what residents have described as a howl, a hum and a scream emanating from a skyscraper in Manchester. The 47-storey Beetham Tower emits a weird and incredibly loud noise every time the wind picks up.

The discovery of roosting bats within the former Kinross High School could impact plans to build new homes on the site, according to The Courier. Nearly two years after an earlier application was rejected by Perth and Kinross Council, Persimmon Homes have submitted plans to create 91 homes at the fo

A 168-square-foot house complete with a small grassy garden, granite countertops, a solar panel on the roof to power the door chime and lights, has been constructed using boxes of Huggies. U.S. non-profit organisation HomeAid Orange County held its second annual Builders for Babies event, a campaign

A mass-transit concept has been unveiled which sees a futuristic bus sit up above traffic and allow cars to pass beneath. Created by Beijing-based Transit Explore Bus (TEB), the ‘Straddle Bus’ was shown off at the 19th China Beijing International High-Tech Expo (CHITEC) over the weekend.