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An archipelago of floating solar islands is coming to the Netherlands, and it’s said to be the largest of its kind in the world. As reported by The Guardian, the 15 islands will be made up of 73,500 solar panels that will track the sun. The archipelago will be placed in the Andijk reservoir in

The National Galleries of Scotland (NGS) and the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) have jointly acquired the most ambitious and splendid surviving portrait of a member of the Adam family, the great eighteenth-century Scottish architectural dynasty. The portrait of James Adam (1732-94) by the Ital

Building materials and construction solutions business Tarmac has become one of the first major UK construction companies to provide expectant mothers with specialist high visibility maternity protective clothing when required. The pioneering maternity personal protective equipment (PPE) clothing co

As news broke out about a devastating fire which last night engulfed the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris, a university was forced to clarify that it was not burning, despite being more than 4,000 miles away. About two hours after the blaze started at the UNESCO World Heritage site, the Univers

A court has ordered the owner of a €57m (£49m) chateau in the south of France to tear it down after declaring the building illegal, The Guardian has reported. Chateau Diter, eight miles north of Cannes, began life as an abandoned country house with snake-infested grounds, before it was tr

A California-based artist is building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico entirely made of cheese. Cosimo Cavallaro wants to build a structure stretching just over 300 metres (1,000 feet) using bricks of less-than-fresh Cotija cheese, a hard and crumbly cow’s milk cheese from the Mexican state of Mic

NASA has announced the top three teams competing for the 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge. The first prize winner was named as SEArch+/Apis Cor from New York, and the second prize winner was named as Zopherus – Rogers from Arkansas while the third prize winner as named as Mars Incubator

A religious order has been told to reinstate an historic castle folly that it partly demolished. The Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary had demolished almost the entire 19th century folly on the grounds of the former Bessborough Mother and Baby Home in Cork.

The billionaire ruler of Dubai is seeking to add nine extra rooms at his Scottish Highlands retreat, despite having just received planning permission to bring the number of rooms to 58. Vice-president of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid al-Maktoum, has applied for the rooms in a

A butterfly sanctuary near the US-Mexico border is filing a restraining order against President Trump's wall. The National Butterfly Center in Mission, Texas, has teamed up with other landowners to sue to stop construction of new sections of wall between the two countries.

The results of the largest excavation of a medieval graveyard undertaken in Edinburgh are on show in a new exhibition at the Museum of Edinburgh. ‘Past Lives of Leith’, which delves into the fascinating work carried out by experts from Headland Archaeology and the City of Edinburgh Counc

Infrastructure firm Amey is being asked to fork out £50 million after taking too long to repair four damaged bollards. Birmingham City Council had initially issued the firm with a £250 fine after it failed to remove the two pairs of bollards within an hour of them first being damaged in

The City of London Planning and Transportation Committee has passed a resolution to grant planning permission for The Tulip. Foster + Partners’ new public cultural attraction called The Tulip will be sited next to 30 St Mary Axe, also known as The Gherkin.

Edinburgh architecture practice ISA pitched its idea to reduce congestion in the capital yesterday with a plan for an urban aerial transport link.

Thrill-seeking monster hunters are in for a treat this summer, with canal custodians Scottish Canals set to install a high-flying zipline over the mythic waters of Loch Ness. The Nessie Zipline will see visitors to the Caledonian Canal soar over the loch from the nearby hills of Loch Tarff, hurtling