Santa Clara 1728 in Lisbon, Portugal by Aires Mateus.Everything about Santa Clara 1728Ā in Lisbon,Ā makes you want to cry (in appreciation). From the rich historical elements retained by local architecture practice,Ā Aires Mateus, to the interplay of the selected materials that feel simple...
‘Cucurico’ Churrasqueira in LxFactory Complex in AlcĆ¢ntara, Lisbon by DC.AD.Duarte Caldas has honoured the industrial roots of the builing, but kept it vibrant, warm, and authentic with materials, lighting and painted...
Liquid Pavilion by DepA for The Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art in Porto, Portugal.DepA has completed a mirrored pavilion set on the grounds of a cultural institution Serralves, Portugal, originally designed by Ćlvaro Siza in the...
Swimming In The Air: The Wall House on Portuguese Riviera by Guedes Cruz Arquitectos.The Wall House is a knockout 1,100 square metre home designed by Guedes Cruz Arquitectos, located in the coastal town of Cascais, in an area dubbed the Portuguese Riviera. There are many arresting features within this home set on an...
House Renovation in Ovar, Portugal by Nelson Resende.Having recently acquired the property in Ovar, Portugal, the client commissioned Nelson Resende to transform the entire house, inside and out, in order to maximise their homeās full potential. Having studied the existing conditions in...
Stories On Design // Sliced Architecture.Sliced Architecture is an ode to skylights, primarily, but not just your regular, run-of-the-mill skylights. Puh-lease. When has regular anything been the topic of discussion around here? Exactly! Sliced Architecture takes into account...
Cemetery Toilet Block in Ilhavo, Portugal by M2.senos.Cemetery toilet blocks are hardly the most appealing projects. But for M2.senos, this refurbishment in Ilhavo, Portugal presented an exciting...
Bricks Decoded: Curved Brick Buildings.Curves. AndĀ bricks. These are two concepts we donāt usually associate with each other, at least not straight away, right? Since I personally love nothing more than challenging that which weāve all come to expect, I thought it...
How To Design a Corridor Like a Champion: Lisbon Apartment & Home Office by Aurora Arquitectos.It's difficult to make a super long corridor, worthy of a decent javelin throw, look sexy. But not so in this masterpiece of world-class corridor design. The apartment, located on the top floor of a 1970ās building in Lisbon was...
