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A Dutchman's attempt at a romantic wedding proposal was simply smashing. The unidentified lover in the central town of Ijsselstein rented a crane, planning to descend in front of his girlfriend's bedroom window first thing Saturday morning, play her a song and then pop the question. Instead the cran

Most of the employees choosing to work over the Christmas holiday period are employed in the I.T., charity and construction sectors, a new study has found. Researchers at a UK business insurance website found that almost 40 per cent of construction workers are planning to work on Christmas Day out o

"Less is more" and "form follows beauty" are some of the famous architect quotes reimagined as roadside advertisements in this set of illustrations by Italian graphic designer Federico Babina. Babina’s Archiquote poster series takes 13 quotes from some of the 20th century's most prolific architect

Searching for houses just got a little bit less boring. Dutch real estate agency Huizen Promoter has built a roller coaster through an open house.

A giant statue of Neptune sits atop an underwater dome enclosing a secret room under the lake of the Whitley Estate in England. The entire estate was drenched in opulence and extravagance.

Multi-million pound work to renovate an Aberdeen church has been delayed after the builder’s van was stolen. After three years of fundraising, the congregation of Hebron Evangelical Church was hoping to be in the new building on Aberdeen’s Summer Street by Christmas.

For a while, it looked like a brand new road to nowhere - lanes under construction for South Carolina’s Highway 178 appeared to dead end into a wall of dirt under the newly built overpass for Morning Drive. Engineers say the unique construction method takes advantage of conditions in the area, and

Underwater cities with infrastructure networks spiralling down into the depths of the oceans could be a reality as soon as 2030, according to a Japanese construction company. The conceptual Ocean Spirals could descend by up to 2.5 miles below the oceans' surface to create self-sustaining underwater

A Dundee plumber has become an internet sensation after a video of him being caught showing off his dance moves has been viewed over 9 million times. Mark Topen, 52, who is more commonly known as Toby, is a self-employed plumber who had taken a few minutes out of his day, only to be caught by one of

German tech giant ThyssenKrupp has unveiled new elevator technology that allows more than one car in a single shaft and lifts that can go sideways as well as up and down. Promising an elevator every 30 seconds, the company says its invention will revolutionize modern architecture, because central bl

A wealthy accountant who built a leisure centre the size of four tennis courts in his back garden without planning permission could be forced to pull it down. Graham Wildin's extension has a two-lane bowling alley, 16-seat cinema, squash courts, a private casino and a bar.

A millionaire Chinese businessman has bulldozed the wooden huts and muddy roads where he grew up - and built luxury homes for the people who lived there. Xiong Shuihua was born in Xiongkeng village in the city of Xinyu, southern China and said that his family had always been well looked after and su

Workers at a Scottish company have recreated an iconic New York photo to celebrate the start of Book Week Scotland. Using Edinburgh as a backdrop, staff from the Had-Fab steel fabrication firm based in Tranent, remade the ‘Lunch Atop a Skyscraper’ photo, originally taken during construction of t

A UK property development company is planning to raise funds to develop its own 3D Printer for the construction of homes.

Melbourne surfers could ride 1.5-metre-high waves within a heated salt-water pool in plans set out for the city's docklands. Damian Rogers Architecture has collaborated with engineering giant Arup to conceive and propose the idea for Surf Park Docklands – a contained pool with that would filter in