MiniCasas Portugal
MiniCasas Portugal is a Caldas da Rainha-based company that hand-crafts tiny houses, gypsy caravans, hobbit houses, yurts and camper van con…
Construction & Housing
Building with the land instead of against it: hemp blocks from Cânhamor, modular bio-construction kits from Green Heritage, and techniques from cob to superadobe. Builders proving that healthy, low-carbon homes are possible in Portugal today.
Volunteers repaired 10 homes in Lagoa and Castro Marim this summerLagoa and Castro Marim paid for the works and the charity Just a Change supplied the labour, with about 30 volunteers on the Castro Marim sites alone. In Funchal, where families were handed the money instead, the association paying it out says builders are expensive and hard to find.
Portugal has 248,000 empty homes in liveable conditionPortugal counted 723,715 vacant dwellings in 2021, and around 248,000 of them are in good condition. Councils in Coimbra, Santa Cruz and Braga are each trying a different way to bring buildings back.
Learning from the masters in old building techniquesThe forgotten mixture that made his adobe stronger
Eco||Sistema – Construções em Madeira
Eco||Sistema is a wood-frame construction company in Valença, Portugal, working with FSC-certified timber and natural materials since 2005. …
Associação Passivhaus Portugal
Associação Passivhaus Portugal (PHPT) is a non-profit association based in Ílhavo that promotes the Passive House building standard in Portu…
BUILT CoLAB
BUILT CoLAB is a collaborative research laboratory in Porto focused on the digital and ecological transition of the construction sector. It …
Ligno Tiny Home
Ligno Tiny Home is a tiny house manufacturer based in Colos, Odemira, that designs and builds compact homes on trailers or fixed bases.
Tiny Living Club
Tiny Living Club offers tiny houses, container homes and land plots for sale or rent near a lake in Tábua, Portugal, alongside a community p…
Obras de Terra
Obras de Terra is a one-person consultancy in Portugal specialising in natural building, building pathology diagnosis and geoenvironmental h…
Ecopassive Houses
Ecopassive Houses is a Portuguese website dedicated to passive and ecological construction, offering guidance, articles and resources on sus…
Faro and volunteer project finish renovating ten more run-down homes for families in need
The homes are repaired by businesspeople, builders and workers who give their time for free, with the council deciding who comes first.
Casais opens Braga offsite construction hub aimed at affordable sustainable housing exports
A government minister praised the new facility as a possible answer to Portugal's housing shortage, even though the builder is looking abroad for its customers.
Silves opens public consultation on Pêra Sul housing plan
Residents near Pêra have until 3 November to weigh in on a new territorial plan for their village.
Monção bans basements and ground-floor bedrooms in flood zones
Monção's updated master plan sets a new rule for anyone building near rivers at risk of flooding.
Grupo Casais starts 75 affordable rental homes in Guimarães
A hybrid timber-and-concrete build in Guimarães promises to cut concrete use by 40% and waste by 70%.
Seven Algarve councils seek EU funds for social housing
Eleven housing projects across the region already add up to more than €105 million in planned investment.
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Making a School — Gatherings in Ajudada
A series of gatherings, workshops and conversations in Sabóia, Odemira, on earth as a building material and a medium for artistic experimentation, linked to the reconstruction of the Escola Provisória para Nada. It runs from 5 to 17 October, with the participation of several artists and CRU Atelier.
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Natural Building Work Experience
A Quinta da Lage announces its next Natural Building Work Experience, a hands-on multi-day programme, starting on 16 October.
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Matéria Adentro: New paths for materials from the territory
A public session presenting the results of creative residencies working with cane, oyster shell, clay and rammed earth, followed by an exhibition of the pieces and a round-table discussion on bringing these materials to market. Capacity of 90 people, with registration open until 19 October.
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Natural Building Workshop with Lola
A five-day hands-on natural building workshop at A Quinta da Lage in southern Portugal, running 28 October to 1 November. Participants work on earthen wall techniques, clay plasters, and reciprocal roofing under Lola's guidance, with accommodation, meals, and materials included for €250.
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Cluster Habitat Sustentável 2026 Conference
The Cluster Habitat Sustentável 2026 Conference takes place on 29 October at the Departamento de Engenharia Civil of the Universidade de Coimbra. It brings together companies, researchers and organisations to discuss innovation, competitiveness and sustainability in the Habitat sector.
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Agroecology in Permaculture Days | Edible Gardening
Agroecology in Permaculture Days Learning through practice at Bosque do Bem da Terra. The Agroecology in Permaculture Days are an invitation to stop, observe and get your hands into the soil. Days to experience Permaculture in the Bosque, cooperate with its rhythms and learn through practice; deepen concepts and share knowledge and experiences, and delve into Regenerative Agriculture, Natural Building and Ecodesign. Each session has a focus: 14 November: Edible gardening Gardens you can eat! A garde…
Natural building and low-impact housing in Portugal
Building in Portugal means building for heat, for drought, and increasingly for fire. The techniques collected here answer that with mass, shade and materials that come from close by rather than from a container ship: earth, lime, cork, stone, straw and hemp.
Cânhamor produces hemp blocks in Portugal. Green Heritage supplies modular bio-construction kits. Around them sit builders working in cob, adobe and superadobe, and owners retrofitting old stone houses rather than replacing them, often the lowest-carbon option available, because the building already exists.
The focus filter above splits the collection into eco-building techniques, natural materials, hemp construction, superadobe and cob, renovation and retrofitting, circular building practices, passive solar design, earthships, green roofs and walls, and tiny homes. If you build this way in Portugal, we would like to list you. Dated activities from these projects are listed in our events calendar.