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A 150-metre long comic book strip has been unveiled at BAM Construction’s site hoardings at the V&A Museum of Design Dundee. Comic illustrator Will Morris and graphic designer David Mackenzie were commissioned to design the giant comic strip. Called Adventures in Design, it tells the story of

Buro Happold and bblur architecture have won planning approval to create Europe’s tallest and longest slide from the platforms of Anish Kapoor’s Orbit sculpture. The landmark was nicknamed the helter skelter by the public when it was built at the Olympic park for the London 2012 Games.

Construction workers have pipped medical and hospitality staff to the title of most hygienic profession after a new survey revealed they take an average of 14 showers per week. The poll into how often Britons shower revealed that education and IT workers are most likely to neglect their hygiene.

Rafael Viñoly's Walkie Talkie skyscraper in London has once again become a subject of controversy, following reports that its curved facade is channelling gusts of wind strong enough to knock people over. Two years after being blamed for reflecting a beam of light intense enough to melt cars, the 2

Anti-social late night revellers and vagrants caught short in San Francisco may be in for a shock. The Daily Mail reports the city is testing a new anti-urine repellent paint that ‘bounces back’ the urine of anyone who relieves himself over it.

A chance discovery during recent utility works in Aberdeen city centre has led archaeologists to the highly significant find of a long-lost medieval friary. 30 skeletons have been uncovered in the Schoolhill area in what is believed to be the burial ground of a thirteenth-century Blackfriar (or Domi

(If you are looking for today's Building Briefs please click here) A stately home has been demolished after it failed to find a buyer - despite being priced at just £1.

Architect Zaha Hadid has teamed up with musician Pharrell Williams to design a pair of trainers as part of the singer’s collection for Adidas. Hadid's designs feature on the moulded rubber Shelltoe that caps the front of a pair from Williams’ Supershell Shoes range.

A property developer who demolished an historic pub without permission has been ordered to rebuild it brick by brick. Wandsworth Council rejected an application by Udhyam Amin for retrospective planning permission for demolition of the Alchemist pub in St John’s Hill, Battersea.

A cyclist has voiced his anger after a bus stop was placed across a Glasgow bike lane, the BBC has reported. Architect and Glasgow Green Cycle Club member Michael Dougall tweeted his ire, saying he had been using the lane since it was completed last year.

A 400-metre-long pedestrian bridge described as the “world’s first crowdfunded public infrastructure project” has opened in Rotterdam. Named Luchtsingel, which means "air canal", the structure runs through a building and across roads and railways to connect three previously disconnected areas

Polish designer Szymon Hanczar has unveiled his micro apartment in Wroclaw containing a kitchen, bedroom and bathroom all within the confines of just 13 square metres. The walls, kept in white to fully absorb the available rays of sunshine, host bicycle storage and a loft double bed. Underneath the

Experts from the Welsh School of Architecture have designed and built the UK's first purpose-built, low-cost energy smart house, capable of exporting more energy to the national electricity grid than it uses. The house, designed by Professor Phil Jones and his team based at the Welsh School of Archi

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is calling for expressions of interest to design its new Research Medal, part of the President’s Research Awards Scheme. The new award will sit alongside the other prestigious President’s Medals - Gold, Silver, and Bronze.

Builders have been allegedly caught out working without the right planning permission after residents sent up a spy drone. The Telegraph reports that builders were captured working to modify parts of a previous scheme to develop 143 luxury homes before being granted planning permission.