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The new home of the Minnesota Vikings American football team, which opened last June and cost more than $1bn of mostly taxpayer money, is beautiful, large, glassy – and deadly to birds. A new report from a trio of conservation groups has found that scores of birds are dying due to collisions with

A wealthy property developer who was caught roaming nude across hilltops has been labelled the new “naked rambler”, The Herald has reported. Paul Edney, 56, is known to clients as group managing director of Dollar-based bespoke home builders Hillfoot Homes, which develops and markets properties

Plans for a new restaurant and whisky bar overlooking Dundee’s famous and historic Howff cemetery have been branded “distasteful and, beyond doubt, disrespectful” by a conservation group. Carnoustie-based Brunton Design submitted plans earlier this month to Dundee City Council on behalf of Wes

A Melbourne council is taking a property developer to task because its buildings are too short. Australian news site The Age has reported that The City of Port Philip and government-appointed experts are concerned about the "underdevelopment" of a sprawling block of warehouses in Port Melbourne.

Actress and comedian Sarah Silverman, who has been an outspoken critic of Donald Trump, found out what it's like to be the punch line after she posted pictures of swastikas on social media that turned out to be nothing more than common markings used by construction teams. Silverman was on her way to

Thousands of new hotel rooms have to be built every year to cater for demand in the UK with London alone needing more than 7,000 in one year. According to PWC, the hotel occupancy rate in the UK’s capital is as much as 84%. With nearly 150,000 hotel rooms in London that is a lot of bookings, and t

'Mars 2117' is the UAE's ambitious plan to design, build, and populate a colony on Mars in a century. The vice president of the UAE and ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum made the announcement at the World Government Summit and tweeted artistic impressions of the citi

A spoof of an IKEA flat-pack furniture kit shows how to cheaply build Donald Trump's proposed Mexican border wall. The Börder Wåll offers a "practical, ready-made solution" to the US president's plans for a continuous barrier between the two countries, according to satirical news site The Postillo

A property developer who has flouted building rules and constructed an “ugly” block of flats that bears no resemblance to the planning permission he was given has been told he must tear the whole thing down. The developer, who has not been named, was given permission in 2008 to build 12 flats on

A reader’s letter submitted to US literary and cultural commentary magazine The Atlantic challenges the notion that construction workers a burly, strapping guys. As a construction labourer, I find that one of the funniest misconceptions about my job is that Hollywood and pretty much all TV show pr

BAM Nuttall is trialling a new kind of hard hat that measures brain activity to trigger an alarm when workers suffer mental fatigue. The Construction Enquirer reports that the SmartCap technology was first developed for truck drivers in Australia’s mining industry. It is now being put to work on B

A Scottish firm that has developed a way of making roads out of plastic has launched a crowdfunding campaign to take its patented idea worldwide. The three founders of MacRebur are seeking a £590,000 equity raise to grow and develop their world changing business, which is already disrupting the UK

One French town has moved decisively to slow down cyclists journeying through it with a series of speed bumps in less than a couple of hundred metres. At least 11 speed bumps have been placed along the cycle lane on Rue Pelletier in Montmagny, Val-d’Oise, northern France.

Image courtesy of GMP Architects A 2000 year-old Roman amphitheatre in the northern Italian city of Verona could be in for a long-overdue revamp after a German architecture firm won a design competition with its novel idea for a scallop shell-like retractable roof.

A chimney stack that looks like brick but is actually plastic has been developed by the UK's largest brickmaker. The prefabricated, brick-effect FastStack chimney helps builders to significantly reduce the time spent on installation, according to Ibstock.