Iceland's volcanoes might have an unexpected new purpose – an architect duo want to harness molten lava to shape the construction of houses and cities of the future
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Entire church to be transported across Kiruna in Sweden – landmark 113-year-old wooden building is at risk from subsidence and will be moved 5km on giant rolling platforms
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Who really wants megastructure cites?
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Czechia's incredible 1960s supervillain-lair hotel (and why its architect got banned by the regime)
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Is Helsinki city centre's new neighbourhood, Wood City, the future of building? Developers are increasingly swapping out concrete and steel in favour of wood.
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Recently discovered drawings by Gustave Eiffel of the Statue of Liberty hint at last minute change
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This Japanese typewriter is cool as hell
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For centuries, indigenous groups in north-east India have crafted intricate bridges from living fig trees. Now this ancient skill is making its way to European cities.
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Swedish officials have joined Danish critics in registering concerns that an island-building plan, a signature test of Copenhagen's development model, could have risks
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The downside to life in a supertall New York tower: leaks, creaks, breaks
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Danish Rubjerg lighthouse moved inland on skates – coastal erosion from North Sea winds threatened to topple it into the sea
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