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Europe News

EU set to open new '320m' HQ as governments tighten belts

The EU district of Brussels is, like the weather, grey and dreary.

08/12/2016

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French "Spiderman" scales Barcelona skyscraper

A French climber scaled one of Barcelona’s highest skyscrapers, the Torre Agbar, on Friday.

26/11/2016

Cult

The Mosaic Tile House in LA tells a love story in colour and ceramics

The house is a work of art

28/10/2016

Austria

Convert or destroy - what will happen to Hitler's home?

The building where Adolf Hitler was supposedly born will be remodeled, Austria’s interior minister has suggested after initially saying it would be torn down.

18/10/2016

Cult

Meet the creators of 21st-century cathedrals

Modern-day Sagrada Familia It is a modern-day Sagrada Familia that has been taking shape for more than half a century in the small town of Mejorada del Campo, on the outskirts of…

08/09/2016

Turkey

Turkey opens world's biggest suspension bridge in Istanbul

Turkey has opened the world’s biggest suspension bridge in Istanbul.

26/08/2016

Sci-Tech

Italy: Bringing the eco-beast back from the brink!

An EU initiative hopes to make dilapidated buildings into ecological masterpieces

23/08/2016

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China's new glass bridge promises heartstopping views

The longest and highest glass-bottomed bridge in the world opened to visitors on Saturday in Zhangjiajie, a scenic national park in central China’s Hunan…

21/08/2016

Travel News

Tokyo attempts to revive its historical connection with water

Hundreds of years ago Tokyo was often referred to as the water city, until the focus shifted to the modern urban expanse that we know today

18/08/2016

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The Olympic Boulevard of Rio

One of the massive successes of RIO 2016 has been the Olympic Boulevard, in the rejuvenated port district, which boasts an Olympic flame, live music on three stages, a hot air balloon, bungee jumping,

16/08/2016

Cult

Architecture celebrated at the Venice Biennale

'Reporting From The Front' is the title of the Venice Biennale.

06/06/2016

Series

Hot design: the towers that look like flames

02/06/2016

Series

Postcards from Azerbaijan: The Baku Flame Towers

Opened in 2013, the towers are used for a hotel, apartments and offices and the tallest has a total of 38 floors

27/05/2016

Business Series

Apple unveils future retail stores vision

Apple has unveiled the future vision for its retail stores hoping that can help revitalise sales.

20/05/2016

Syria

An emotional return home to Palmyra

I have my “children and my health, that’s what matters,” said So’ad Daher. The 63-year-old was one among a few hundred residents of Palmyra to make a

15/04/2016

Sport

Besiktas unveil new stadium

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan inaugurated Besiktas’ brand new waterfront stadium on Sunday. The formal opening did not take place inside the

11/04/2016

United Arab Emirates

Dubai plans tower even higher than Burj Khalifa

11/04/2016

Egypt

Red Sea bridge to be built linking Egypt and Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia and Egypt have announced a bridge is to be built across the Red Sea linking the two countries – as well as the continents of Africa and

08/04/2016

World News

Architect Dame Zaha Hadid dies at the age of 65

The world renowned Iraqi-British architect Dame Zaha Hadid has died at the age of 65. She had contracted bronchitis and suffered a heart attack

31/03/2016

Target

Tokyo: The business district that never sleeps

Life never stops in Marunouchi, Tokyo's financial district.

04/03/2016