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Edinburgh’s iconic red public telephone boxes are about to be given an interesting makeover. New York based company Bar Works operates a growing chain of co-working spaces aimed at entrepreneurs who are looking for affordable convenient work space in attractive locations.

Not content with delivering a new dualled carriageway for A9 road users, Transport Scotland’s construction contractor has also been making ‘deliveries’ for the animals at RZSS Highland Wildlife Park, near Kingussie. Wills Bros John Paul JV, who are currently dualling the A9 between Kincraig an

  A hotel has opened in the Swiss Alps –without any walls.

The completed floral clock Edinburgh’s world-famous floral clock is to tick this year in honour of The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland’s (RIAS) centenary.

A woman was so impressed by a visit to Harry Potter Warner Bros studios she decided to embark on an ambitious project to transform her dining room into a scaled-down version of the Hogwarts dining hall – complete with wooden panelling, replica Hedwig, and a few original props from the Harry Potter

A property company has been told that it must rebuild ‘brick by brick’ a historic popular pub that it demolished illegally, The Metro has reported. Carlton Tavern in Maida Vale, west London, was demolished by developer CLTX which had previously been told to rebuild it.

Australian builders have destroyed three murals by the renowned street artist Banksy, according to Sky News. Three rat stencils around a doorway in Melbourne were drilled out and dumped in a skip during renovation work.

A construction worker went on a spending spree after his boss mistakenly overpaid him by £40,000 all because the ditsy manager got a decimal point in the wrong place, according to local press. Steven Burke, of Scarborough, had been expecting to be paid £446.60 but couldn’t believe his luck when

The Balmoral Hotel Organisers from Cake Fest Scotland are seeking amateur bakers to help create a giant edible map of Scotland.

It appears that China’s recent ban on the construction of weird looking buildings has arrived too late in the day for this latest offering. In Heinan, at the North China University of Water Conservancy and Electric Power, a new building was recently erected with a striking resemblance to a toilet.

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Villa Catucaba (Jungle House) by Studio MK27 Foster + Partners, Zaha Hadid Architects and Rogers Stirk Harbour are just a few of the renowned architectural practices to be shortlisted for awards at the 2016 World Architecture Festival (WAF).

More than 400,000 UK construction workers are set to retire between 2018 and 2023 creating an urgent need to attract a new generation of construction professionals. ‘Craft your Future’, developed by the Chartered Institute of Building, is a construction game aimed at 12-14 year olds that takes p

As you head to the pub tonight after another hard week be content in the knowledge that you are no different from grafters going back through the millenniums. In fact, some workers who built ancient civilizations spent their entire wage at Happy Hour, it has emerged.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKnsVJVmbCw&feature=youtu.be Residents of a Norwegian coastal town have stacked wood into a 156-foot-tall tower to break the record for the world's tallest bonfire.