Christian Neuner Architecture
An architecture studio in Lagos, Portugal, designing ecological, bioclimatic and health-conscious buildings for private and commercial clien…
Eco-building Techniques
Builders and teachers working with earth, straw, lime and timber across Portugal. Learn the techniques at a workshop or hire the people who master them.
Projects in this focus
Studio Detelic
Architecture studio in Lagos, Algarve, founded in 1996, specialising in residential, hotel, cultural and commercial projects, with quality, …
Arcaya
A residential village planned for 70 hectares of protected forest in Vilamoura's Golden Triangle, Algarve, with luxury villas and apartments…
Arcadia Portugal
Arcadia Portugal is a sustainable living and eco-construction project in São Bartolomeu de Messines, Algarve. It is exploring earthen buildi…
Eco-building techniques in Portugal
Earth, straw, lime and timber are not new here, most old Portuguese village houses are some combination of stone, earth mortar and lime render. What is new is doing it deliberately, to modern standards, and getting it signed off.
The builders and teachers listed under this focus work in those materials across the country, and some teach as well as build. That matters, because the constraint on natural building in Portugal is rarely the material and usually the availability of someone who knows how to use it.
Workshops are the normal entry point, and several run over a weekend. The natural materials, superadobe and cob, and renovation and retrofitting focuses cover the specific methods. Dated activities from these projects are listed in our events calendar.