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Norway will excavate 3 million cubic meters of rock to open a 1,700-meter maritime tunnel, where ships will pass through a mountain in 10 minutes, escaping a stretch that has killed more than 30 people since 1900.

Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges 16/06/2026 at 00:53

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How much does it cost to build a sidewalk with interlocking pavement in 2026? See the average construction prices and the most common extra expenses that can increase the final budget.

Andriely Medeiros de Araújo 15/06/2026 at 22:35

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Blocks made of salt challenge traditional construction, emerging from salt flats and salt pans like translucent stone, shining in hotels and pavilions in the desert, and transforming a material that melts in humidity into an extreme symbol of an impossible mineral architecture.

Valdemar Medeiros 15/06/2026 at 22:25

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Young architect decides to renovate his grandfather’s 1960s kitchen, avoids erasing a lifetime of memories, and transforms the space while preserving 85 years of family history.

Geovane Souza 15/06/2026 at 21:44

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How much does it cost to build a well in 2026? See the average drilling values, regularization costs, and the most common extra expenses that may arise throughout the project.

Ruth Rodrigues 15/06/2026 at 19:38

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Woman loses house in devastating fire and now sees 35 people rebuilding her home with over 350 tires, bottles, and cans in a sustainable project designed to withstand fire.

Noel Budeguer 15/06/2026 at 18:46

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With 100 discarded pallets and simple tools, the project creates a 23 m² shelter, recycles wood used in the transport of humanitarian aid, and transforms temporary housing for refugees.

Flavia Marinho 15/06/2026 at 17:53

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Balneário Camboriú buries 3,700 segments in a mega project worth R$ 53 million to try to curb flooding at Praia Central, but the flood solution changes access to Avenida Atlântica and disrupts drivers’ routines for 30 days.

Carla Teles 15/06/2026 at 17:26

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Without stakes, drills, or footings: a 3-story building in Taubaté draws attention for being built with styrofoam forms, a small team, six apartments, and five months of construction without a dumpster for debris.

Carla Teles 15/06/2026 at 16:49

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Desert sand, previously discarded for being too smooth for concrete, becomes an ecological brick in the United Arab Emirates, dispensing with Portland cement, curing at room temperature, and attempting to transform dunes useless for construction into raw material for a new arid engineering.

Valdemar Medeiros 15/06/2026 at 15:56

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An entire city in Alaska needs to be moved stone by stone due to ice sinking in a mega relocation project that will cost hundreds of millions of dollars.

Bruno Teles 15/06/2026 at 15:08

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Cutting-edge engineering transforms an abandoned 88-meter-deep quarry into a luxury ‘earthscraper’ in China with submerged floors and geothermal energy.

Bruno Teles 15/06/2026 at 14:50

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Norway will excavate 3 million cubic meters of rock to open a 1,700-meter maritime tunnel, where ships will pass through a mountain in 10 minutes, escaping a stretch that has killed more than 30 people since 1900.

How much does it cost to build a sidewalk with interlocking pavement in 2026? See the average construction prices and the most common extra expenses that can increase the final budget.

Blocks made of salt challenge traditional construction, emerging from salt flats and salt pans like translucent stone, shining in hotels and pavilions in the desert, and transforming a material that melts in humidity into an extreme symbol of an impossible mineral architecture.

Young architect decides to renovate his grandfather’s 1960s kitchen, avoids erasing a lifetime of memories, and transforms the space while preserving 85 years of family history.

How much does it cost to build a well in 2026? See the average drilling values, regularization costs, and the most common extra expenses that may arise throughout the project.

Woman loses house in devastating fire and now sees 35 people rebuilding her home with over 350 tires, bottles, and cans in a sustainable project designed to withstand fire.

With 100 discarded pallets and simple tools, the project creates a 23 m² shelter, recycles wood used in the transport of humanitarian aid, and transforms temporary housing for refugees.

Balneário Camboriú buries 3,700 segments in a mega project worth R$ 53 million to try to curb flooding at Praia Central, but the flood solution changes access to Avenida Atlântica and disrupts drivers’ routines for 30 days.

Without stakes, drills, or footings: a 3-story building in Taubaté draws attention for being built with styrofoam forms, a small team, six apartments, and five months of construction without a dumpster for debris.

Desert sand, previously discarded for being too smooth for concrete, becomes an ecological brick in the United Arab Emirates, dispensing with Portland cement, curing at room temperature, and attempting to transform dunes useless for construction into raw material for a new arid engineering.

An entire city in Alaska needs to be moved stone by stone due to ice sinking in a mega relocation project that will cost hundreds of millions of dollars.

Cutting-edge engineering transforms an abandoned 88-meter-deep quarry into a luxury ‘earthscraper’ in China with submerged floors and geothermal energy.

Mother and daughter build a 70 m² house with more than 8,000 discarded glass bottles and impress with their creativity; known as the Casa de Sal, the property is located on Itamaracá Island, in Pernambuco.

Workers were opening a new road connection near the Marginal Tietê when they found, in the underground of the construction site, remnants of locomotives, wagons, and boilers from the 19th century linked to the forgotten history of Lapa.

Instead of burning or burying old tires, an American city is transforming about 2,000 of them into the street itself, paving its first sections with a quieter and more durable rubber asphalt.

China transforms desert-devastated area into the world’s largest artificial forest, planting trees for 60 years, blocking sand that reached Beijing, and creating a “green lung” of 92,000 hectares in a region once considered lost.

He transformed an abandoned plastic water tank into an underground house in the “hobbit hole” style, using only repurposed pallet wood, without heavy machinery or expensive labor.

Greek island offers free housing for volunteers, but there’s a condition: you need to take care of rescued cats.

The river that “dies” in the desert never reaches the sea and yet gives life to one of Africa’s largest natural refuges in a truly impressive way.