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A chapel built with roof tiles becomes a symbol of faith, collective work, and reuse at the highest point of the Taquil cemetery in rural Ecuador.
4+ hour, 23+ min ago (622+ words) At the highest point of the Taquil cemetery, in the rural area of "Loja, Equador, chapel built with recycled tiles It was completed in 2020 to host the annual mass in honor of the deceased, becoming a religious, community and tourist…...
Disappointment: 3D-printed houses are made by robots in up to 24 days, but the price per square meter exceeds that of traditional properties.
23+ hour, 54+ min ago (575+ words) The 3D-printed homes completed by 4Dify in Yuba County, California, form what the company defines as America's first 3D-printed neighborhood, with five 93-square-meter units selling for $375.000 each. The idea behind 3D-printed houses has always been to reduce time, waste, and labor…...
Man builds house in five days using reforestation wood, complete structure, concrete slab, assembled walls, metal roof, challenging the traditional model of civil construction in Brazil.
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (721+ words) Five days of construction. That was the time it took between a cleared plot of land and a fully enclosed, round house, with concrete slabThe wooden structure and metal roof have been installed. In a sector where delays are almost…...
How an American man built his own $200.000 home atop a New York skyscraper, defying all architectural boundaries.
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (693+ words) An American man built his own $200.000 home atop a New York skyscraper after purchasing, for over $150, a former janitor's apartment dating back to 1926 with building rights that allowed him to legally extend the structure upwards. In the late 1980s, architect Andrew…...
In nine months, a couple took a plot of land overgrown with weeds and uneven ground, cleared access with machinery, built the foundation, and watched a two-story house rise from scratch, complete with a finished interior and a deck at the end.
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1128+ words) What was once just tall grass, uneven ground, and a seemingly "doomed" lot has been transformed into a compact, two-level house with a finished interior and a prepared outdoor area. In just 9 monthsA couple decided to start from scratch and…...
An elderly man in Japan builds a wooden house using only manual techniques and demonstrates step-by-step how to transform land into a functional home.
1+ week, 3+ day ago (870+ words) In the mountains of Japan, a plot of land covered in vegetation became the base for a structure built by one person. The idea was to transform that patch of forest into a simple, functional, and entirely handmade log cabin....
This 50 m² glass house impresses by combining transparent walls and a giant thatched roof, guaranteeing privacy for vacations, comfort, and contemporary architecture, revolutionizing the concept of minimalist housing worldwide.
1+ week, 4+ day ago (755+ words) Glass houses often attract attention for their bold aesthetics. But the same question almost always arises: are they really practical for everyday life? In Ukraine, a recently completed project showed that it is possible to combine total transparency, comfort, and…...
This ancient technique created a monumental 30-meter-long underground pool with 3.500 steps excavated by hand with pickaxes and chisels, transforming the soil into a microclimate 6°C cooler, capturing rainwater and groundwater, and is now used in manual construction deep in the jungle.
1+ week, 4+ day ago (973+ words) An ancient stepped excavation technique, widespread in India through structures known as baoris, is currently inspiring underground constructions made manually and disseminated on digital platforms. The principle is functional: open up a large space in the ground and organize it…...
A man in Canada uses over 25 recycled glass bottles to build three entire houses with translucent walls, transforming urban waste into a permanent architectural attraction that has been receiving visitors for over 40 years.
1+ week, 5+ day ago (684+ words) Arsenault used approximately25 recycled glass bottlesMost of it was obtained from restaurants in the region, which provided discarded containers from alcoholic beverages and soft drinks. The bottles were incorporated into the walls using cement mortar. Far from being simple decoration, they…...
A Chinese artist spent over 20 years stacking stone upon stone, creating a nearly 200 square meter "lost world" in the Chinese countryside, complete with a castle, giant faces, and ancient mythology carved into the rock.
1+ week, 5+ day ago (553+ words) The complex is located in'Huaxi district of Guiyang city, capital of Guizhou province, a mountainous region historically marginalized in Chinese development. France is requiring supermarkets larger than 400 m" to donate food, a measure that could generate 10 million extra meals per…...