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Global coffee shop giant Starbucks has opened its latest store in a 100-year old traditional Japanese townhouse complete with noren curtains for an entrance. Located in the Japanese city of Kyoto within a two-story building, the unique outlet opened for business on June 30 as the world’s first tra

Alan Brown Edinburgh-based housebuilder CALA Group has today announced record profits and new homes for the fifth year in a row following an update on trading for the twelve months to 30 June 2017.

A group of 58 former employees of a leading independent Scottish construction company that went spectacularly bust have won their two year battle for redundancy payments.

There are no sprinklers in over 300 high-rise buildings managed by Scottish councils and social landlords, a new BBC Scotland investigation in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire has revealed.

Tom Leggeat Government pledges to build more affordable homes will benefit housebuilders, a director of Elgin-based Springfield Properties has said.

Dalnair Castle on the Dalnair Estate , Croftamie. Property developers, FM Group, have been gaining a reputation for breathing new life into listed buildings, preserving and protecting heritage across Scotland after investing £10 million into two historic landmarks.

Sanctuary Group director Peter Martin and Derek Mackay MSP meet some of the site apprentices. Local families have moved into the first homes built in Sanctuary’s planned £50 million investment in new affordable housing stock in Renfrewshire.

Ben Adam David Narro Associates appoints new MD

https://youtu.be/e-DVIQPqS8E A new video has been produced by the people at YouTube's Practical Engineering channel, presented by civil engineer Grady Hillhouse, explains how erosion at the subsurface can lead to sinkholes.

West of Scotland Housing Association (WSHA) plans to continue the regeneration of the Barrowfield community, located in Glasgow’s East End, with 52 new affordable homes.

A new guide to help construction businesses move towards more sustainable ways of working has been launched by Zero Waste Scotland.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDzCSZghK5s&feature=youtu.be Professional engineering services consultancy Mouchel has changed its name to WSP across all offices in the UK.

Nicola Barclay The number of households that have purchased a new home through the Scottish Government’s Help to Buy shared equity scheme has topped ten thousand, according to latest figures.

(Image: Rob McDougall) The Engine Shed, Scotland’s national building conservation centre, is inviting people to come and find out what the new national building conservation centre has to offer as it opens its doors to the public for the first time today.

New Typologies for The School, Town Hall, Community Centre, Public Toilets and Town Square are an invigorating vision of the future of Britain's buildings