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Volunteers in Londonderry are being asked to join a visiting group of artists in order to build a miniature city made of cardboard - replete with its own embassy, streets and unusual buildings -as part of an innovative celebration of creativity on May 23 and 24. The People’s Republic of Creativity

The Chartered Institute of Building has announce the winner of its Minecraft competition. Totally_Guy, real name Guy MacDonnell ICIOB, won with 52.9 per cent of the vote for his build of the CCTV Tower. The competition was launched in association with International Construction Management Day on 9 M

An Edinburgh builder who hacked into a 100-year-old protected “landmark” tree with a chainsaw and killing it in a fit of “frustration” after council chiefs refused to let him chop it down has avoided a massive fine. The Edinburgh Evening News reports that Robert Wilkie twice applied for plan

A full-size replica of Edinburgh Castle is to be built in Australia as the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo travels for a rare overseas performance. The replica of the historic facade will include statues of Scottish heroes Robert the Bruce and William Wallace.

An exact digital 3D visualisation has brought the V&A museum in Dundee to life, years ahead of schedule. The interactive, open-world virtual reality visualisation allows users to explore the museum as it will look when fully constructed in 2018.

A red bridge made completely out of paper has been unveiled in the Lake District. The structure, made only of 22,000 sheets of paper, was designed and erected by environmental artist Steve Messam. It took three years to develop after it was commissioned by Lakes Culture as part of its Lakes Ignite 2

A notorious pair of daredevils have taken a selfie balanced on a crane atop of the world’s second tallest building. Russian-Ukrainian thrill seeker Vitaly Raskalov and his friend Vadim Makhorov said they were inspired to climb the building because of positive feedback they received after scaling S

A luxury “fairytale” treehouse in Fife, which costs nearly £500 a night to stay in, has been named among the best leafy high rise stays in the country. The Scotsman reports that the home that has literally branched out at Fernie Castle at Letham near Cupar is built in a cluster of sycamore tree

The University of Leicester’s cutting-edge new Centre for Medicine building is set to become the largest Passivhaus building in the UK when it opens during the next academic year. In a new video issued by the University, plans for the £42 million centre, currently being constructed on Lancaster R

Hologram headsets that will show construction workers virtual reality projections of completed building projects are being developed. They will allow staff working on site to have 3D reconstructions of blueprints flashed up in front of them.

Dragon’s Den star Peter Jones showed that not even he is immune to planning officials, who reportedly ordered him to tear down a tennis court on his sprawling Buckinghamshire estate. Although hidden from the road, South Bucks District Council ruled the court had to go because the land was designat

Labourers at a Cambodian construction site have been kept fit and healthy by twice daily exercise routines in the public square. The afternoon’s workout begins with circular motions of the head to loosen neck muscles and moving all the way through the body to leg lunges.

The owners of a historic pub who demolished it while it was being considered for listed building status have been ordered to rebuild the whole thing brick by brick. Tel Aviv-based developers CLTX Ltd will be ordered to “recreate in facsimile the building as it stood immediately prior to its demoli

A mystery street artist has taken a phallic approach to tackling Manchester’s “appalling” pothole problem. The anonymous spray-painter, who has dubbed himself “Wanksy”, sprang into action after several of his cyclist friends were badly injured on the roads.

Mark Bates, director of Ecology at Heritage Environment Ltd (left) and Callum Whiteford, development relations co-ordinator An enterprising property developer has devised an innovative wildlife crossing which will allow newts to safely navigate a busy road during a large-scale property development.