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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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Labourers at a Cambodian construction site have been kept fit and healthy by twice daily exercise routines in the public square. The afternoon’s workout begins with circular motions of the head to loosen neck muscles and moving all the way through the body to leg lunges.
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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
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The boss of a company at the centre of a road rage row caught on CCTV says he has fired the van driver seen in the footage. The manager of APC Lofts in Salford, who did not want to be named for fears over his safety, said he was “appalled” at the driving of one of his former joiners on the M62.
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Workers on a building site in Dorset have been left scratching their heads after they were forced to surround a car with rumble because its owner never showed up to move it. The Vauxhall Fontera 4x4 will now be boxed in for the next six weeks after builders at the new retail complex in Christchurch
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Iconic construction always has a risk to it, so YourTradeBase has created an infographic visualising some of the most dangerous construction projects in history. It features 13 of the world’s most famous construction projects, highlighting surprising death tolls and what caused these fatalities.
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A millionaire who built a 30ft lighthouse in her garden could be ordered to take it down due to lack of planning permission. Doreen Lofthouse, 85, who made her fortune from Fisherman's Friend, built a scaled-down version of a seaside town's Beach Lighthouse on unused farmland, near her home in Fleet
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A church shaped like a giant version of Cinderella's fabled glass slipper has been built in Taiwan to entice female visitors. Over 320 tinted glass panels were used to build the 16-metre-tall high-heeled shoe, which was constructed by the local government of Taiwan's Southwest Coast National Scenic
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Workers at a construction site in east China became so angry that their wages were not being paid they decided to teach their boss the ultimate lesson. In a bid to get their wages, migrant workers from the Shangrao Economic Development Zone in Jiangxi Province, used scaffolding to lock their bosses
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