The European Investment Bank (EIB) this week released the first tranche of funding – €875m – to start work on Portugal’s first high-speed railway between Porto and Lisbon. The loan…

Kansas-based architect Populous has masterplanned a redesign of the home stadium of Portuguese football team Benfica, Lisbon’s Estádio da Luz, and its surrounding area. Working with local architects Saraiva +…

The government of Portugal has asked France’s Vinci to submit a proposal for the construction and operation of a new international airport for Lisbon, the Aviacionline website reports. Portugal wants…

Spain’s Acciona has trialled the use of an autonomous robot at the design layout of a hospital project in Portugal. According to the company, the machine was able to complete…

The joint venture of Ferrovial and Portuguese contractor Alberto Couto Alves has finished the €99m extension of Porto Metro’s Yellow Line. Portugal’s infrastructure minister Miguel Pinto Luz attended the inauguration…

Portugal will start negotiating with France’s Vinci about building and running Lisbon’s €9bn international airport in the next few days, Portuguese newspaper CM reports.  Ground could break by the end…

UK architect dRMM has been selected to design a “wellness” hotel on behalf of hospitality company Hotel Atlantic, close to the town of Nazaré on Portugal’s west coast. The firm…

A consortium made up of Portugal’s Alberto Couto Alves and two Spanish contractors, FCC Construcción and Contratas y Ventas, has landed a €380m tender to build the 6.4km Ruby line…

A multinational team has won a design competition to turn the 52-year-old Matosinhos oil refinery in Portugal into a green neighbourhood.