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World News

Euroviews. We're building a new Paris every week — but can this be sustainable?

The decarbonisation of our construction sites is long overdue. Building is fundamental to human life, yet the way we do it is stuck in the previous century, Eric Alström writes.

22/08/2023

Scenes

Meet the environmentalist teaching natural building techniques in India

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In partnership with Media City, Qatar

31/07/2023

Living

Meet the French architects turning construction waste into furniture

Furniture is often seen as disposable but this French start-up wants to change all that.

08/06/2023

Scenes

Meet the sisters championing clean construction techniques by getting their hands dirty

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In partnership with Media City, Qatar

05/06/2023

Design

Barcelona residents face eviction as Sagrada Familia Basilica completion approaches

Since work began 141 years ago, the Sagrada Família has become almost as famous for its endless works as for its magnificent architecture. Now nearby residents face being evicted if the construction is completed, but are doubtful a decision be made before this month's key local elections.

21/05/2023

Home

Watch ‘Europe’s largest 3D-printed building’ come into shape

The 3D-printed building is expected to be completed by July and will house computer servers.

11/05/2023

Living

Hong Kong's bamboo scaffolders preserve an ancient green technique

Intricate bamboo webs are still part of the cityscape in Hong Kong - where brave students are keeping the sustainable skill alive.

09/05/2023

Eco-Innovation

‘Environmental catastrophe’: Can recycled cement help rebuild Ukraine?

Concrete’s binding ingredient is responsible for around 8% of global CO2 emissions. But researchers have found a way to recycle it all.

22/03/2023

World News

Greece to stop illegal construction on the party island of Mykonos

The crackdown comes after an archeologist was subjected to a "mafia-style attack" at his home in Athens.

21/03/2023

Scenes

Meet the Greek team studying and preserving traditional stonemasonry

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The declining art form of stone masonry is being preserved and revived by a group of people in Greece.

20/02/2023

Green News

Campaigners vow to fight ‘mad’ UK airport expansion

The High Court has given Bristol airport permission to increase its annual capacity from 10 million to 12 million passengers.

01/02/2023

Green News

Flamingos and pelicans threatened by new Albanian airport

Albania’s new airport could destroy avian habitats and risk aircraft collisions with big birds, protestors warn.

31/01/2023

Tech News

Watch just what Boston Dynamics’ humanoid robot can do now

Boston Dynamics has released a new video showing its Atlas humanoid robot very much at ease working on a (fake) construction site.

21/01/2023

Green News

Solar panels made mandatory on almost all new homes in Tokyo

Tokyo lags in its uptake of renewable energy. Just four per cent of buildings with the capacity for solar panels currently have them - but a new rule is about to change this.

16/12/2022

Eco-Innovation

Inside the ‘extraordinary’ 3D printed home that can be fully recycled

This innovative 3D printed house is fully recyclable. Now, researchers want to scale production up in a ‘factory of the future’.

24/11/2022

Home

Italian researchers build first hydrogen-powered house in Europe

This student house in southern Italy is powered by hydrogen fuel cells - a first as Europe tries to reduce its carbon emissions and reliance on traditional energy sources.

22/09/2022

Europe News

France uses AI to detect more than 20,000 undeclared swimming pools

Tax authorities have used the technology on a regional basis, but will now roll it out nationwide.

30/08/2022

Series

Meet the film director who built his own house out of hemp

After turning 60 and welcoming his first granddaughter, Steve Barron felt the need to give something back to the planet and began researching how to build a house out of hemp.

10/06/2022

Home

French 'tiny houses' project giving the homeless a lifeline and a home

Participants in the project in Brittany take part in all aspects of the construction of the mobile homes and are given the keys afterward.

08/05/2022

Experiences

Where has the world's longest glass-bottomed bridge just been built?

In a bid to bring tourists back to Vietnam, the nation’s government has constructed the longest glass-bottomed bridge in the world.

05/05/2022