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A couple who secretly turned a pigsty into a four-bedroom home have been ordered to tear it apart and sell it – for just £20,000. From the outside the property still looks like an ordinary farm building, made of unpainted grey concrete blocks with a big sliding door and no windows.

John Caudwell, the man who made billions from Phones 4U (having sold out well before it collapsed), is raising the bar for millionaire property accessories. While others may be satisfied with boring old traditional trappings like an indoor health spa or cinema, Caudwell is thinking outside the box:

The breeding habits of the harbour seal pose the latest threat to the construction timetable and cost of the long-awaited V&A Museum of Design in Dundee.

What happens when you secretly order a truckload of plastic balls and then fill your entire living room with them? The world improves by a small, but measurable margin.

An enormous luxury house that combines modern technology with traditional Iranian design elements has been built in Tehran. The feature which has seen people flocking to see the Shafri-Ha House is that the three main rooms at the front of the house move, rotating round to capture the sunlight while

Architect Fernando Menis has developed a concept for a residential tower complex with rock-like walls, a cavernous swimming pool and plants growing out of every crevice. Proposed for a site in Taipei, Taiwan, Agora Garden was designed by the Tenerife-based architect as a way to bring nature back int

After receiving more entries than ever before, the Ladder Association’s Idiots on Ladders contest has ended and this year’s “biggest idiot on a ladder” has been crowned. The success of Idiots on Ladders mirrored a record-breaking year for the Ladder Exchange, which traded over 15 per cent mo

Electricians are Britain’s most trustworthy tradesmen, according to new research.

Head greenkeeper Craig Boath posted this picture of work starting on the new bridge A new bridge is being built over the burn at Carnoustie's 18th hole – one of the most famous water hazards in golf.

A French company has been developing aesthetically pleasing, tree-shaped turbines meant to run silently within cities, at ground level. The Wind Tree is being developed by NewWind and has 72 artificial leaves. Each one is a vertical axis turbine, vaguely conical in shape. Because each one has little

The world is full of noises. Some are amazing and beautiful, while others are horrendous and annoying. We all have different musical and noise-related tastes, but a new study has revealed that building work annoys UK residents the most. Everyone has had a lovely day ruined or been woken up by a pers

A footbridge installed as part of a £3.8 million upgrade at Perth railway station has been nominated for a Carbuncle Award. The structure is in the running for the Pock Mark category, which recognises the worst planning decision.

Ever spared a thought for the children of architects at Christmas? Christmas decorations and minimalism doesn’t quite fit but what happens if Christmas was re-designed? Norwegian-born Montreal animator Torill Kove gives a glimpse of taking design too far.

They’re generally the people that you turn to for creative inspiration, so it’s no surprise if you’re stuck on what to buy the architect in your life. Whether it’s a gift for a loved one or a thank you to the poor guy who has redone your house plans three times because you can’t make a dec