Building

  • NewsAOL

    Arizona's swastika-shaped buildings spark questions

    A pair of buildings in Arizona in the United States, has sparked serious questions over, what some believe, is a secret message in its design. A medical centre located in the town of Glendale is comprised of four sections interlocking to form a

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  • LifestyleAOL

    It's better than Lego! Construction kit inspires new generation of bike builders

    YouTube/Indiegogo_K For some children, getting behind the wheel of their first car, or sitting on the saddle of their first bike, is almost too exciting to handle. With that in mind, just think how ecstatic they would be to build their very own

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    Stockholm's incredible solution to housing shortage

    The shortage of housing is nothing new to cities around the world, but the solution being introduced in Stockholm is ground-breaking. There are major restrictions on building in the historic centre - so it's putting up wooden towers around

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  • LifestyleAOL

    Cowboy builder jailed for terrible lies that ripped off sick pensioner

    Lee Slocombe, a 32-year-old builder from Pontypridd, has been jailed for three and a half years, after conning three victims out of £43,000. In one case, the cowboy builder conned a sick pensioner out of £8,500 of her life savings. Slocombe was

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  • LifestyleAOL

    Elizabethan-style home built from scratch - for £200,000

    Ray and Michele Blundell have built their own Tudor home in Lichfield, Staffordshire. This is no mock-Tudor modern box; it's an authentic, half-timbered house on a traditional oak frame, complete with exposed beams and an ancient tiled roof.

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  • BusinessAOL

    Warning on lack of trusted builders

    British homeowners are not doing maintenance and repair work because they cannot find builders and other tradesmen they can trust, according to a survey. Finding trusted tradesmen has become such a problem that housing stock could be in a state

  • EntertainmentAOL

    Ozzy Osborne property plan thwarted by bats

    Bats helped cement Ozzy Osborne's reputation as a hell-raising rocker, when he bit the head off a live bat on stage in 1982. Now, however, the balance of power between the rocker and the flying mammals seems to have shifted - as it emerges