Work on a new luxury housing estate near Stonehaven will start within weeks after developers awarded an initial contract worth £25 million to a building firm. North east construction firm Pert Bruce has been appointed as a major contractor for the Ury Estate development, which will see 51 houses bu
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Architects have designed a hospital in the shape of a ship to be built in a new city planned for Tunisia. The White Sails Hospital and Spa has been earmarked to be one of the first buildings built for the Tunisia Economic City (TEC).
An owner of a construction firm in Kansas has been caught in a bizarre story of mistaken identity. Jeff J. Vap, who owns Vap Construction, Inc. based in Atwood, about 30 miles north of Colby, builds agricultural buildings including barns in Kansas, Nebraska and Colorado.
Workers at a Scottish company have recreated an iconic New York photo to celebrate the start of Book Week Scotland. Using Edinburgh as a backdrop, staff from the Had-Fab steel fabrication firm based in Tranent, remade the ‘Lunch Atop a Skyscraper’ photo, originally taken during construction of t
A joiner who suffered a head injury and a broken wrist in a fall at work has been awarded more than £45,000 damages despite the fact he could not remember the accident and there being no witnesses. Derek Smith sued his employers Muir Construction alleging common law negligence and breaches of vario
Ever spared a thought for the children of architects at Christmas? Christmas decorations and minimalism doesn’t quite fit but what happens if Christmas was re-designed? Norwegian-born Montreal animator Torill Kove gives a glimpse of taking design too far.
Proposals for a major hotel expansion in St Andrews, as well as alternative options for a site in Aberdeen city centre have been brought to life in real-time by new technology from Pinnacle Visualisation . Live on-site development rendering via Eyesee by gives developers the opportunity to assure th
Architect Fernando Menis has developed a concept for a residential tower complex with rock-like walls, a cavernous swimming pool and plants growing out of every crevice. Proposed for a site in Taipei, Taiwan, Agora Garden was designed by the Tenerife-based architect as a way to bring nature back int
The owners of a villa that has become an unlikely tourist attraction thanks to its bright lemon paintwork will this week learn if they and their thousands of supporters will have to bid farewell to the bold new look. The striking Georgian villa in Greenock, known simply as the Yellow House, has attr
Employees at a council contracting arm have been suspended for taking part in a photo shoot with a topless model. Tayside Contracts took the action against four employees after the cheeky snap with glamour magazine Pg7 was anonymously brought to its attention.
When you're building a skyscraper with triple-digit numbers of storeys, there are some rather unusual building challenges to face — like the fact that the entire building can sway with the wind, fast enough to make people sick. The Shanghai Tower solves that problem in a scientifically awesome way
Architecture firm NBBJ has unveiled a concept for "shadowless" skyscrapers that redirect sunlight to public spaces. Proposals for two twisting towers on a side in North Greenwich, London, will see light bounce between them down to a public space that would otherwise be in their shadow.
Material science company Ecovative has developed a sustainable building material made from agricultural byproducts and mushroom mycelium. The product contains mycelium, the vegetative part of a mushroom fungus, which is a natural glue. This material binds with crop waste like seed husks and corn sta
You’ve heard of a water bed, but a water house? It brings to mind something built on or in the ocean, but it actually has nothing to do with the view. Hungarian architect Matyas Gutai is a firm believer that a house can be kept at an optimal temperature through the use of water, according to CNN.
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


