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Portuguese Architecture is the style of architecture that has developed in Portugal over the centuries, influenced by the country’s location, maritime history, and various artistic movements. Manueline and Pombaline architecture are two prominent styles, with the former featuring intricate decoration and nautical motifs and the latter emphasizing a rational and functional approach. Portuguese architecture also reflects the influence of other styles, including Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, and Modernism, and has produced notable architects such as Álvaro Siza Vieira and Eduardo Souto de Moura.
The Portuguese Pavilion of 1998, designed by Alvaro Siza, was a prominent feature at the Lisbon Expo 98. Without competition, Siza was entrusted with realizing the main pavilion to represent…
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Completed in 2020 by NU.MA Architects, the design of the House in Santa Joana was influenced by the repetition and systematization present in the surrounding working-class housing.
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Completed in 2021, the Holiday Home in Comporta, designed by Estudio AMATAM, is a house developed for two French families who spend holidays together in Portugal to escape urban living.
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The Windmill House designed by Portuguese practice Box Arquitectos is a narrow, white home in the dense urban center of Ponta Delgado, with two volumes that face each other across…
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Completed in 2018 by Portuguese Architecture firm Just an Architect, the Aneto & Table Restaurant takes wine as the connecting element for the proposed intervention. The approach compares two fundamental…
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Calçada House is located in Porto, Portugal. There was an existing house from the 18th century and several annex buildings that Ren Ito Arq. refurbished to serve as a residence…
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Completed in 2020 by Portuguese architecture firm dp Arquitectos, the House in Santrém overlooks Portugal’s countryside. Defined as a collection of minimal volumes and elevations to create an intimate private…
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The Cork Oak House is a single-family property on a plot of extraordinary morphological characteristics; with approximately 12 thousand square meters, the land is located in a natural protection area…
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Completed in 2020 and designed by Portuguese Architecture practice Em Paralelo Studio, BRADCO is located in the industrial area of Felgueiras, in the municipality of Castelo de Paiva.
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Completed in 2020 by Portuguese Architecture firm Paulo Merlini Architects CASA RIO (RIO House) is a contemporary intervention in an old farmhouse located in the Porto District, in the north…
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Completed in 2020 by Portuguese Architecture firm Anarchlab, Architecture Laboratory, the newly renovated factory is part of a set of constructions by the company Fábrica de Cerâmica das Devesas, in…
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Completed in 2019 by Portuguese Architecture firm COVO Interiores, the Grandfather’s Martinho House is located in a small Portuguese village. The architects have maintained the traditional appearance and materiality, inspired…
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Completed in 2019 by Portuguese architecture firm Paula Santos Arquitectura, the Miguel Bombarda Building aimed to rebuild and expand a residential structure on one of Porto’s most emblematic streets, Rua…
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Completed in 2020 by Meireles Arquitectos, the Infante Building renovation is part of the Unesco World Heritage classified Porto area, which made the intervention non-invasive to meet the architectural program’s…
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