A couple who bought a £32.5 million mansion can hand it back and have most of their money returned after they found out it had a "severe moth infestation", a High Court judge has ruled. Iya Patarkatsishvili and Yevhen Hunyak successfully sued William Woodward-Fisher, the vendor of their proper
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The first winner of the prestigious Stirling Prize for Britain’s best new building now looks set to be demolished. When judges awarded Salford’s Centenary Building the inaugural award from the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1996, they declared it “a dynamic, modern and so
A tour at the Science Museum in London has claimed Lego bricks can be anti-LGBTQ+ by promoting heteronormative relationships.
A famous leaning minaret in the Iraqi city of Mosul has been reconstructed brick by brick, reversing its destruction by Islamic State in 2017. For the first time in its history, UNESCO not only co-ordinated but directly led the reconstruction of heritage sites destroyed by war through its "Reviving
An advertisement for Scottish Power featuring the architect George Clarke has been banned for misleading viewers.
A colony of beavers jumped the gun on a seven-year-long dispute by constructing a series of dams exactly where local authorities wanted to build them. Environmentalists had called for years for the construction of new dams in Czechia's Brdy mountains to reverse damage caused by the communist-era Cze
A construction worker has claimed the first $100,000 top prize in a new scratch-off game from the Maryland Lottery. Roberto Fuentes Valdivia bought five $10 MONOPOLY X50 tickets while stopping for coffee in Mt. Rainier and won big on the final ticket he scratched.
Construction work has begun for a Virgin Mary statue in Poland that will be taller than the Christ the Redeemer monument in Rio de Janeiro. Set for Konotopie, a small village located between Lipno and Toruń, in the municipality of Kikół, the structure will be 55.6 metres high.
A group of construction workers were left stunned after they found a message in a bottle from a team of builders who worked on the same site more than 50 years ago. Anthony Gibbons discovered the hidden message alongside his colleagues on Tuesday while they were turning a swimming baths in Hexham, N
A TikToker from Singapore has shared a video showing him handing out bottles of milk to construction workers. In the clip, the user who goes by the name @something4rsomeone is seen purchasing bottles of milk at a supermarket before cheerfully heading to the streets to offer Meiji milk to workers.
A museum dedicated to remembering a 19th-century flood in Pennsylvania has temporarily closed due to flooding.
A Japanese man has made headlines with his unique property investment strategy which has earned him rental income worth ¥140 million (c. £726,000) from 200 run-down houses he has bought over the past few years. Since childhood, Hayato Kawamura, a 38-year-old from Osaka, has been fascinated
One of the world's best-selling singers has been accused of making a 10-bedroom mansion impossible to sell by describing it as scary. The owners of Lock House, a Grade II-listed property in West Sussex, blame Adele for their failure to sell the building and its 32-acre estate, which they value at &p
As part of its centenary celebrations, Mac Mic Group has collaborated with The Glasgow School of Art (GSA) on the Mac Mic Centenary Tartan Project, providing a unique live project opportunity for BA (Hons) Textile Design students. The exciting initiative offered students the chance to engage with a
Monkeys with discerning tastes have been accused of robbing a house of gold jewellery. The simians allegedly broke into the home in Talalla, in southern Sri Lanka, while the residents were working in the garden.