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The crucial next step in Falkirk Council’s journey to deliver economic growth through its transformative £140 million Falkirk Growth Deal could be taken at a meeting of the Executive next week.

The civil engineers behind some of London’s most iconic infrastructure projects have put on their dancing shoes, to show the public – young people in particular - how happy they are to be engineers and the diverse and exciting careers on offer through choosing maths and physics at school. They a

A lawsuit has been filed against the city of Chicago and the Chicago Park District in an attempt to block the proposed George Lucas Museum from building along the city’s lakefront. The museum has strong supporters, including Mayor Rahm Emanuel. But advocate group Friends of the Parks oppose the pl

A footbridge installed as part of a £3.8 million upgrade at Perth railway station has been nominated for a Carbuncle Award. The structure is in the running for the Pock Mark category, which recognises the worst planning decision.

A French company has been developing aesthetically pleasing, tree-shaped turbines meant to run silently within cities, at ground level. The Wind Tree is being developed by NewWind and has 72 artificial leaves. Each one is a vertical axis turbine, vaguely conical in shape. Because each one has little

A shopping mall in Toronto has sought to “clear up some confusion” about whether construction workers are allowed inside the mall following a backlash on social media. Construction workers had been ordered to stay away from the Yorkdale mall while they work on the mall's $331-million expansion a

A team of Dutch companies has unveiled a proposal for a huge circular wind turbine that doubles as an apartment block and hotel, and also includes a rollercoaster. Billed as "the most innovative windmill in the world", the Dutch Windwheel is intended as a landmark attraction for Rotterdam's watersid

An architecture firm has unveiled a new bar in London's Borough Market which gets you drunk without drinking. Named Alcoholic Architecture, the bar from Bompas & Parr is defined by its signature cocktail: an aerosolized cloud of alcohol that patrons start breathing as soon as they walk through t

Plans have been revealed for 39,514,000 sq ft mixed-use destination in Dubai which will break five world records when built. Developer Meydan has announced the launch of a new scheme known as Meydan One which, at 711m high, will be the world’s tallest residential tower. The World One in India, cur

Plans for a suspended swimming pool have been unveiled for a new neighbourhood on London’s South Bank. Named ‘Sky Pool’, the outdoor pool at the Embassy Gardens development will link two residential buildings at the 10th storey – a world first – and allow residents to swim from one buildin

Bulgaria's capital is grassing over some of its tram lines as part of a programme to make the city greener. An initial 60m (197ft) stretch of the "green rails" has already opened in Sofia's Ruski Pametnik Square. Architects hope the new turf will muffle traffic noise, improve air quality and cool th

London architects have proposed turning the Circle Underground Line into a series of moving walkways to speed up the notoriously slow travel network. The plans, imagined as part of a challenge from think tank New London Architecture for new ideas to improve life for Londoners, would make commuters h

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has today launched a new award which will celebrate the best new building in the world. Unlike the institute’s prestigious Lubetkin Prize, which was scrapped last year, the competition is open to any building, of any type and budget, in any country

A German carpenter has created a tiny device he claims can turn the flow of sperm on and off. Clemens Bimek says his invention, a "gummy-bear" sized switch, involves a simple 30-minute medical procedure placing a valve on each spermatic duct.

Following on from a church shaped like a giant version of Cinderella’s fabled glass slipper in Taiwan, which SCN featured on this page earlier in the week, ITV.com as compiled a list of what it calls ‘10 of the world's wackiest buildings’. The list also features the giant basket shaped headqua