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A new generation of Scandinavian-style wooden homes is being planned for Scotland as the government presses on with its plan to plant up to 26.5 million more trees every year, The Scotsman has reported. Housing and forestry experts are due to meet in Edinburgh next week for a major conference that w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxB9sbK8LvQ Prehistoric remains have been uncovered during work on a £120 million water mains network upgrade between Ayrshire and Glasgow.

The first columbarium of its kind in Scotland will be created in a Fife village. The vault for funeral urns will be part of a woodland eco-cemetery to be constructed in Kinghorn. Only three others exist in the UK.

Architect Tom Hetherington’s run as a contestant on Great British Bake Off came to an end last night after his caramel ‘hummingbird’ cake proved a disaster Edinburgh-based Hetherington, who works for Richard Murphy Architects, failed to impress in the first caramel week the series has ever had

An Italian construction worker, involved in routine restoration at the 1,000 year old Church of Santa Maria in Capella in Trastevere, Rome, has stumbled across what could be the bones of St. Peter. According to The Daily Beast, in helping to repair the structural problems around the altar, the worke

Special wildlife bridges, the first of their kind on a Scottish trunk road, are being constructed by Aberdeen Roads Limited on the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route/Balmedie-Tipperty (AWPR/B-T) project to ensure animals can safely access areas on either side of the road once it opens to traffic. Two

Student accommodation provider true has opened its doors to Glasgow’s newest development in the city’s Finnieston area. This state-of-the-art new development offers students the coolest accommodation available – complete with a Google-inspired helter-skelter slide.

Thames Water engineers are engaged in a three-week battle against one of the biggest fatbergs they have ever encountered. A solidified mass of wet wipes, nappies, fat and oil weighing an estimated 130 tonnes is blocking a 250-metre length of Whitechapel sewers in East London, threatening an obnoxiou

The theft of a tiny house that later resurfaced over 750 miles away has baffled police officers in Australia. Julie Bray built the prototype home, worth around £12,000, for exhibition to investors, but it disappeared from her business premises on Sunday.

An estimated 3 million Muslims completed their holy pilgrimage to Mecca between August 30 and September 5 as part of Hajj week, the largest annual gathering of people on Earth. With as many as 300,000 people crossing Jamarat Bridge every hour, leading engineers and technicians needed to facilitate t

An investigation is underway after an ancient heritage site which some believe was occupied by fairies was ravaged by digging work. The incident took place at Lisnabulrevey, near Fintona in Co Tyrone, when attempts were made to remove the rath, a circular fortified settlement dating from the Iron Ag

(from left) Paul Hampton (head of built environment at the University of Wolverhampton), Richard Dolman (director at AR Demolition), Patricia Sloneczny (director of quality & HR at AR Demolition) and John Woodward (C&D Consultancy) The University of Wolverhampton has officially launched the

Paleontologists were in a spin last month when construction workers unearthed the skeleton and skull of a triceratops in Colorado. The scientists from Denver Museum of Nature and Science visited the building site to inspect the rare discovery which they believe to be around 66 million years old.

A central London office block has been crowned the UK’s “ugliest” building after winning the 2017 Carbuncle Cup. Nova Victoria, a bright red £380 million complex located near Victoria Station, was granted the dubious title by Building Design, with judges describing the structure as “a hideo

Lego has unveiled a model set of its new Lego House to coincide with the opening next month. The LEGO House (21037) kit will be launched just ahead of the grand opening of the visitor centre, which was designed by architecture firm BIG for the company's hometown of Billund, Denmark.