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Coming to project near you? An American University has revealed a novel way to combat one of the scourges of twenty first century living (and working) by creating a “texting lane” on its stairs. Sick of SMS-induced collisions, Utah Valley University hopes that the texting thoroughfare will provi
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One of Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s finest buildings is facing a £2.5 million repair bill to save it from ruin. Hill House in Helensburgh is run by the National Trust for Scotland and the charity is looking to raise the cash to save it from “excessive water ingress”.
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French firm Moreau Kusunoki Architectes has been named as the winner of the Guggenheim Helsinki competition. The winning design was selected from a shortlist of six, which were whittled down from over 1,751 entries spanning 77 countries in the anonymous international design competition.
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A chance discovery during recent utility works in Aberdeen city centre has led archaeologists to the highly significant find of a long-lost medieval friary. 30 skeletons have been uncovered in the Schoolhill area in what is believed to be the burial ground of a thirteenth-century Blackfriar (or Domi
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Anti-social late night revellers and vagrants caught short in San Francisco may be in for a shock. The Daily Mail reports the city is testing a new anti-urine repellent paint that ‘bounces back’ the urine of anyone who relieves himself over it.
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A 40-acre park on the southern portion of Northerly Island in Chicago is set to open tomorrow. Northerly Island is a 91-acre (370,000 m2) man-made peninsula along the city’s lakefront.
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A new "cycle-friendly" office is opening in London. The centrepiece of the Alphabeta Building - a refurbishment of the historic Triton Court in Finsbury Square, central London - is a dedicated entrance ramp which will allow cyclists to ride directly into the building.
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The architect behind London's controversial Walkie Talkie building has unveiled plans to convert an ageing shopping centre in California's Silicon Valley into a $3 billion development featuring the world's largest roof garden. Architect Rafael Viñoly will work with OLIN Landscape Architects and the
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The Energy Saving Trust with funding from the Scottish Government and in partnership with the Supplier Development Programme are organising a series of free to attend tendering workshops to help SME contractors and suppliers become more successful at writing winning tender submissions. Date and Loca
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The house where Paralympic gold medallist Oscar Pistorius shot his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp dead is now set to be used as a party venue by two local businessmen. Footage has emerged of business partners David Scott, 33, and Kagiso Mokopane, 23, giving a candid tour of the house, beers in hand, exp
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During the heavy rains of the 3 week monsoon season, Seoul Korea is transformed into a soggy grey metropolis and the population chooses mostly to stay inside. To combat the gloom, a team of designers has teamed up with Pantone on a fantastic street art project called ‘Project Monsoon’.
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The Scottish Government has surpassed its target of delivering 30,000 affordable homes in this parliamentary term thanks to a 10 per cent increase in the number of social sector homes completed in the past year, new figures have revealed. Official statistics released yesterday show that 3,879 new ho
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Heart of Midlothian Football Club has announced it plans to redevelop its Tynecastle stadium and turn it into a 20,000-plus capacity stadium in time for the 2017-18 season. Speaking to shareholders at yesterday’s annual general meeting, the club owner and chair Ann Budge revealed that the club wou
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China is known for its replicas of famous sights, but one new creation has gone a step further by combining two landmarks into one building, the BBC has found. Half of the structure, located in the northern city of Shijiazhuang, is a copy of Beijing's Temple of Heaven, but the other half is the whit
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Kazakhstan’s capital of Astana may be in line for an apartment block crowned with nothing less than a ski slope – just in case you want a little bit of winter sports when you get home after work. As reported by CNN, with its very cold and often snowy winters, Astana certainly has a ski-friendly
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