And Finally

Airbnb is searching for the world’s wildest home ideas – and has launched a $1 million fund to make them a reality.

In a blog post published on its website, University of Strathclyde think tank the Fraser of Allander Institute has provided a scathing rebuttal of plans for a bridge or tunnel link between Scotland and Northern Ireland.

The operators of a new family play complex on Glasgow’s South Side have applied for planning permission to tie an 11-foot inflatable rocket to a chimney at the B-listed premises.

With Downing Street reportedly investigating the feasibility of building a bridge between Scotland and Northern Ireland, Scottish secretary Alister Jack has suggested that an all-weather tunnel could be used instead.

Warm air extracted from Tube tunnels is being used to heat more than 1,000 homes in a pioneering scheme that could be replicated across the London Underground network.

Fifteen UK citizens will today be awarded prestigious Churchill Fellowships to research the world’s best ideas, innovations and practices within the fields of arts, crafts, design and architecture.

Two of Scotland’s best-loved stars have given their backing to The Quaich Project’s vision for Edinburgh’s West Princes Street Gardens. Alan Cumming OBE, who was announced as The Quaich Project’s Overseas Ambassador last year, was joined in the Gardener’s Cottage by wor

A construction worker was given the send off of his dreams when his coffin was delivered to the crematorium in the bucket of a JCB digger.

A company has developed the world’s first Engineering Grade Augmented Reality device that allows construction workers to view Building Information Models on-site to 5 millimetre accuracy.

Eagle-eyed shoppers will start to see the new £20 Bank of Scotland polymer note as it officially enters circulation.

A disgruntled contractor who drove a digger through the front of a Travelodge has been jailed for five years and four months.

A group of Glasgow-based students are working on an international project to design the building blocks of a Moon base.

A new BBC ALBA documentary tells the inspirational story of a community’s vision to build a world-class visitor centre to celebrate the history of St Kilda.

Stage 1 Architecture students at The Glasgow School of Art are to undertake a project linked to the restoration of the Pittenweem tidal pool.

A council was forced to delay the reopening of Victorian toilets - because urinals were four inches too high.