A stone wall is constructed inside the Robit Bahita church.

A stone wall is constructed inside the Robit Bahita church.

A stone wall is constructed inside the Robit Bahita church.

A church wall under construction at Bitsawit Mariam church. Forest land surrounding churches have become islands of biodiversity in seas of agriculture, the last remnants of a once-expansive nativ...

Men fell Eucalyptus trees, an alien species grown for construction and firewood under government supported monoculture initiatives.

Construction work in central Oslo. The area will contain offices, the new National Library and residential buildings. In the background is the Barcode project, a row of mainly office buildings.

Workers lay concrete to raise the level of a road and prevent the persistent flooding that plagued it.

Gustavo stands on a cleared plot of land near the house, in Vila Madalena, he has been renting since the summer of 2015. Many nearby houses have been demolished and towers will be built in their place...

A man is praying in front of a shrine at his home. He moved here one year ago with his wife and their three children and works at a construction site nearby. His rent is approximately 75 Euro a month.

A local government billboard announcing redevelopment work on Les Courtillieres, a residential housing estate in the suburb of Pantin, and one of the longest buildings in Europe.

A residential apartment block being built on the site of a favela whose residents will move into the new homes once it is completed.

A security guard standing in front of a shop, beside piles of agregate which is being used to raise the street level in order to reduce the risk of flooding.

A middle class apartment block under construction in the hills above Abidjan.

A view over Ulaanbaatar with a construction crane in the foreground.

Workers constructing new hen houses, with a view of doubling the capacity of poultry company Agricsatch's birds to 100,000 hens. 80 construction workers are employed for six months and they are paid m...