In building conservation practice, there is some difficulty in formulating compatible mortars for use in renders and joints, due to requisites of low elastic modulus, suf [...]

Teatro Nacional de S. João (TNSJ) is the main theatre in the city of Porto, located in the city centre and built in 1918. TNSJ was designed by the well-known architect M [...]

In the centre and south of Portugal construction of buildings with earth was frequent until the mid-20th Century. Rammed earth was the most common type of construction in [...]