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Biologist Builds 160m² Dream Home in Brazil for $32,000 Using Eco-Friendly Bricks, Achieving 67% Savings Through Smart Planning and Simple Solutions

Carla Teles 06/07/2026 at 11:00

Interesting facts

After a 4-year journey across the Americas, couple settles in southern Brazil, transforms rusted shipping container into a home, facing real risks and close calls along the way.

Carla Teles 28/06/2026 at 19:18

Construction

Without mortar, grout, or traditional construction: the ClickBrick system assembles brick facades with ceramic pieces held by metal clips, eliminating the need for glue, speeding up installation, and even allowing everything to be dismantled later without turning the construction into expensive permanent debris.

Carla Teles 20/06/2026 at 21:16

Construction

How much does it cost to build a pool in 2026? See the average construction costs, licensing fees, and the most common extra expenses that may arise throughout the project.

Andriely Medeiros de Araújo 18/06/2026 at 21:53

Construction

Chinese construction companies take on the project to transform the former historic port of Benin into a seaside tourist complex: the project in Ouidah will connect La Marina, a 2 km route, and the Gate of No Return memorial to redesign the African Atlantic coast with global appeal.

Carla Teles 07/06/2026 at 23:59

Construction

Two-story tiny house reveals the secret many people ignore in construction: walls do not support the structure, 8 pillars bear the weight, and 1,500 blocks show how the true skeleton of a house is born within engineering.

Carla Teles 05/06/2026 at 22:50

Construction

After 40 years of floods, a city in SC advances with a 943-meter underground tunnel using controlled detonations, a R$ 20 million project that promises to reduce flooding and transform extracted rocks into material for road recovery.

Carla Teles 01/06/2026 at 18:03

Construction

A project of R$ 384 million plans the construction of three new overpasses, additional lanes, and the application of the whitetopping technique to restore the concrete pavement on PRC-272, in Paraná.

Andriely Medeiros de Araújo 19/05/2026 at 20:40

Construction

Australia prepares to dredge 96.5 million m³ in Moreton Bay to deepen, widen, and realign channels of the Port of Brisbane, in a project of up to 25 years designed to accommodate larger ships and enhance maritime safety and regional port efficiency.

Carla Teles 18/05/2026 at 23:21

Construction

Underground wall construction to contain the advance of the sea is already over 50% complete in Balneário Camboriú, in the Barra Sul region, while the reurbanization of the waterfront is progressing faster than expected with 1,820 new trees and 12 playgrounds planned for Praia Central.

Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges 11/05/2026 at 15:47

Construction

The R$ 19 million project for the BR-282 overpass in SC reaches 80% completion with delivery scheduled for July 2026, according to DNIT, but the highway that cuts across Santa Catarina from the coast to the West needs more.

Bruno Teles 06/05/2026 at 11:21

Construction

It looked like an ordinary building, but it came out of a giant printer: in Europe, a 3D-printed building with 12 social apartments is completed in France, with its structure built in 34 days and delivered three months faster than the traditional method.

Carla Teles 04/05/2026 at 13:39