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…
Natural Materials
Hemp, cork, earth and stone, materials that breathe, store carbon and age well. Portuguese pioneers like Cânhamor are making them available at building scale.
Projects in this focus
Casa dos Sonhos Yurts
Casa dos Sonhos Yurts is a family-run enterprise based in the Portalegre district of Portugal that handcrafts self-supporting yurts using lo…
Aldeias de Pedra – Construções
Aldeias de Pedra – Construções is a natural construction company in Vila de Rei that restores traditional buildings and brings in modern com…
Ecocentro Raiz4
Ecocentro Raiz4 is a research centre in Castelo Branco, Portugal, working on permaculture, bioconstruction and sustainability. It combines t…
Debarro Arquitectura
Debarro Arquitectura is an interdisciplinary bio-architecture studio working in Portugal and Argentina. It offers architectural design, natu…
Green Heritage
Green Heritage is a bio-construction company in Portugal that designs and supplies modular eco-home kits made with natural materials such as…
Natural building materials in Portugal
Hemp, cork, earth, lime, straw and stone share three properties that industrial alternatives struggle with: they let a wall move moisture rather than trap it, they hold carbon rather than emit it, and they age without failing. In a climate with hot summers and damp winters, the first of those matters more than it sounds.
Cânhamor makes hemp building materials in Portugal at a scale a contractor can actually order. Cork, which the country produces more of than anywhere else, is used here as insulation as well as flooring.
Supply is the recurring problem, much of this exists as small production runs. The hemp construction and eco-building techniques focuses list who is making and using what. Dated activities from these projects are listed in our events calendar.