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Following on from a church shaped like a giant version of Cinderella’s fabled glass slipper in Taiwan, which SCN featured on this page earlier in the week, ITV.com as compiled a list of what it calls ‘10 of the world's wackiest buildings’. The list also features the giant basket shaped headqua

Students in America have developed a Martian concrete using materials naturally found on the planet. Led by Gianluca Cusatis, the Northwestern University engineering team in Illinois said the high-strength concrete can be quickly created and is durable enough to withstand meteorite impacts — a key

A church shaped like a giant version of Cinderella's fabled glass slipper has been built in Taiwan to entice female visitors. Over 320 tinted glass panels were used to build the 16-metre-tall high-heeled shoe, which was constructed by the local government of Taiwan's Southwest Coast National Scenic

Tradesmen and women are bucking the ‘cowboy builder’ stereotype but are increasingly under-rated by their customers and suffer from unfavourable typecasting, according to new research. Despite acknowledging positive personal experiences, AXA Insurance found that 60 per cent of people surveyed sa

Tokyo architecture firm Kengo Kuma and Associates have designed a set of cedar building blocks that allow kids to explore more complex and unusual shapes. The designers behind the £80 million V&A Museum in Dundee think the time has come for the next generation of architects to put down the squa

A millionaire who built a 30ft lighthouse in her garden could be ordered to take it down due to lack of planning permission. Doreen Lofthouse, 85, who made her fortune from Fisherman's Friend, built a scaled-down version of a seaside town's Beach Lighthouse on unused farmland, near her home in Fleet

The 3,400-year-old remains of an ancient citadel in Israel are to be incorporated into the designs of a high-rise apartment building.

Construction workers are the safest drivers on UK roads, according to data released today by Aviva. Information compiled using data from the insurance firm’s new Aviva Drive app rated professions by their driving safety scores.

A German carpenter has created a tiny device he claims can turn the flow of sperm on and off. Clemens Bimek says his invention, a "gummy-bear" sized switch, involves a simple 30-minute medical procedure placing a valve on each spermatic duct.

Police in Germany have stepped in after a stash of gold worth millions was dug up in an eastern Bavaria back garden – right after the owner of the house had died. A digger showed up at the house in Bogen, near Passau, shortly after the death of the 53-year-old businessman who owned it, broadcaster

Architects and designers have created quirky obstacles based on features of Los Angeles for a temporary mini-golf range at the city's Materials & Applications gallery, reports Dezeen. Contributors were asked to submit "a single architectural obstacle" that would relate to a feature of the local

An official digital freeway sign in Riverside County, California sparked outrage on Christmas evening when its message was switched from a mundane traffic warning to a campaign booster for US Presidential hopeful Donald Trump. A portable changeable message sign on the $1.4 billion freeway 91 Project

Kazakhstan’s capital of Astana may be in line for an apartment block crowned with nothing less than a ski slope – just in case you want a little bit of winter sports when you get home after work. As reported by CNN, with its very cold and often snowy winters, Astana certainly has a ski-friendly

Residents in Penzance are so sick of an overturned car in a hedge near their homes they set up a Facebook page appealing for it to get World Heritage status. The 'Get World Heritage status for the upside down car at Ludgvan Leaze' was created by locals after the car was left in the hedge for months.

Engineers have the happiest job in the world, closely followed by teachers and nurses with construction workers not far behind, according to analysis carried out by the Guardian. The newspaper looked at nine different surveys conducted to find the occupations that make us happiest, and then did its