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Rafael Viñoly's Walkie Talkie skyscraper in London has once again become a subject of controversy, following reports that its curved facade is channelling gusts of wind strong enough to knock people over. Two years after being blamed for reflecting a beam of light intense enough to melt cars, the 2

Anti-social late night revellers and vagrants caught short in San Francisco may be in for a shock. The Daily Mail reports the city is testing a new anti-urine repellent paint that ‘bounces back’ the urine of anyone who relieves himself over it.

A chance discovery during recent utility works in Aberdeen city centre has led archaeologists to the highly significant find of a long-lost medieval friary. 30 skeletons have been uncovered in the Schoolhill area in what is believed to be the burial ground of a thirteenth-century Blackfriar (or Domi

(If you are looking for today's Building Briefs please click here) A stately home has been demolished after it failed to find a buyer - despite being priced at just £1.

Architect Zaha Hadid has teamed up with musician Pharrell Williams to design a pair of trainers as part of the singer’s collection for Adidas. Hadid's designs feature on the moulded rubber Shelltoe that caps the front of a pair from Williams’ Supershell Shoes range.

A property developer who demolished an historic pub without permission has been ordered to rebuild it brick by brick. Wandsworth Council rejected an application by Udhyam Amin for retrospective planning permission for demolition of the Alchemist pub in St John’s Hill, Battersea.

A cyclist has voiced his anger after a bus stop was placed across a Glasgow bike lane, the BBC has reported. Architect and Glasgow Green Cycle Club member Michael Dougall tweeted his ire, saying he had been using the lane since it was completed last year.

A 400-metre-long pedestrian bridge described as the “world’s first crowdfunded public infrastructure project” has opened in Rotterdam. Named Luchtsingel, which means "air canal", the structure runs through a building and across roads and railways to connect three previously disconnected areas

Polish designer Szymon Hanczar has unveiled his micro apartment in Wroclaw containing a kitchen, bedroom and bathroom all within the confines of just 13 square metres. The walls, kept in white to fully absorb the available rays of sunshine, host bicycle storage and a loft double bed. Underneath the

Experts from the Welsh School of Architecture have designed and built the UK's first purpose-built, low-cost energy smart house, capable of exporting more energy to the national electricity grid than it uses. The house, designed by Professor Phil Jones and his team based at the Welsh School of Archi

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is calling for expressions of interest to design its new Research Medal, part of the President’s Research Awards Scheme. The new award will sit alongside the other prestigious President’s Medals - Gold, Silver, and Bronze.

Builders have been allegedly caught out working without the right planning permission after residents sent up a spy drone. The Telegraph reports that builders were captured working to modify parts of a previous scheme to develop 143 luxury homes before being granted planning permission.

A Scottish charity is offering the chance for people to live in new build affordable homes in a community forest in Argyll. Kilfinan Community Forest Company (KCFC) is initially offering two homes and two self-build plots in a community-owned forest in Tighnabruaich with the hope of offering more in

Skanska UK has received a funding award worth more than £700,000 to develop the use of robots for on-site and off-site construction. The award came from the UK’s innovation agency, Innovate UK, and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), as part of their collaborative R&am

A converted chicken house in Aviemore has fought off competition from 2,519 other sheds to win Shed of the Year. The Inshriach Distillery in the Cairngorms National Park, which creates gin from 100 per cent Scottish juniper, was nominated in and won the pub category of the contest before taking home