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Julie Lochrie Headland Archaeology finds specialist and Cabinet Secretary Keith Brown Artefacts and structures found during archaeological excavations on the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route/Balmedie to Tipperty (AWPR/B-T) project are shedding light on land use and settlement in the north east over

Bill Glen A 96-year-old retired plumber in Glasgow is set to publish his second novel – just over a month since his first became a national media sensation.

A number of construction sites across the UK have ground to a halt due to heavy snow, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB). As the 'Beast from the East' brings snow and storms to the UK, the trade body warned that the freezing temperatures mean it’s too cold to lay bricks.

UK consumers are throwing an estimated £49.5 million down the drain each year by replacing household appliances and electrical goods without even checking their warranties, new research has shown.

An explosion of innovation in the UK will see an army of autonomous robots service giant wind turbines with tens of rotors, while parachute-shaped kites will transform how we think about wind turbines.

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A solution based on fingerprint sweat analysis is pledging to bring new levels of convenience, hygiene and speed to employee drug testing in the construction industry. Unlike traditional urine or saliva-based drug tests which can be invasive, time-consuming and undignified for testers and employees,

A Japanese timber company has revealed plans for the world's tallest wooden building in Tokyo, a 350-metre skyscraper that would also be the highest in the centre of the city. Called W350, the 70-storey building will be mostly wood and just 10% steel complete with internal beams, braces and balconie

A company which uses computer algorithms to create customised prefabricated dwellings for homes has completed its first project. Deezen reports that design-build firm Cover has created a 320-square-foot (30-square-metre) studio in Los Angeles which serves as an office and music studio for an Oscar-n

The Architect's Home in the Ravine, 1991 A painting by Scotland's “most valuable living artist” which refers to a building in Toronto will come to auction next month with an estimate of £14-18 million.

Architects at MVRDV have unveiled plans for an office block with an interactive mirrored facade and open geometric core designed to display back images of its location and surrounding landscape. Dubbed the "crystal rock" by the Dutch architecture firm, the facade of the Milestone building in the cit

A property developer has been ordered to pay nearly €5.5 million to a group of graffiti artists after destroying their work without warning. The street artists took the developer to court after 45 separate artworks were whitewashed as a precursor to the redevelopment of a site.

A Dundee graffiti artist has paid tribute to Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, the designer of the £80.1 million V&A Museum of Design on the city’s waterfront. Artist SYKE created the black and white portrait of Kengo Kuma on a wall near Seabraes, less than a mile from the flagship building.

A couple who purchased a $3.2 million mansion are suing the brokers for failing to disclose that it featured in a popular horror TV show — plus, they add, it is actually haunted. In 2015, Dr Ernst von Schwarz and Angela Oakenfold became the inadvertent owners of the Rosenheim Mansion at 1120 Westc

A giant glass spherical concert venue that could rise taller than St Paul's Cathedral is being planned near the Olympic park in Stratford, East London. Dubbed The Golf Ball, early designs for the distinctively shaped 20,000-capacity arena seen by the Guardian, are being prepared for the sp