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A new building material developed from mussel shells has been produced by researchers in Bari, Italy. 

SpaceX and Tesla's newly planned Texas factory development might soon overtake the world's largest building by volume. 

The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) is collaborating with content creators, Content With Purpose (CWP), to produce a film series looking into how decisions made by built environment professionals today will determine the resilience, sustainability and performance of the world in the future.

Animal lover and founder of the Suffolk Hedgehog Hospital, Sue Stubley, has fresh hope that her plans for a £2 million wildlife hospital near Newmarket in England can go ahead after it was rejected twice. 

London’s Cloud House, a pink property which took ten years to build, has recently appeared in Channel 4’s Grand Designs, drawing attention to the building’s complex construction process. 

A property known as the “Ugly House” (Tŷ Hyll) located near Betws-y-Coed in north Wales has failed to be sold at an auction, prompting thoughts that the building may be used as a holiday let.  

Under new plans, a disused water tower in remote Herefordshire in England could be part of a new home.

A man from Angmering in England, who is known for building outlandish things is due to launch a floating pub and had planned to trial the craft on 13 September in the River Adur.

  The Chang'an Academy Xi'an Public Library has been completed in Xi'an, China, featuring a large-scale white roof shaped like the pages of an open book.

The repowering of the iconic Solar Pyramid in Loanhead has been declared a huge success.

A man from Cork in Ireland has been recreating the city’s buildings in miniature form, garnering much local attention.

Balhousie Primary School's former pupils, teachers, staff and members of the local community are being given the opportunity to own a small piece of the school's history. Built in 1908, the school was part of local life for more than a century, with generations of children passing through its doors

A large building in Nampa in the US is now up for sale, having served as a former building for the department store Macy’s. 

The US Supreme Court has cleared the way for construction to continue on a $400 million (£297m) ballroom at the White House, ruling 5-4 in favour of the Trump administration. The order blocks lower-court decisions that had paused work on the above-ground structure.

A Glasgow dad who built a log cabin in a muddy field using borrowed tools has turned that experience into a growing UK business.