Article source: Leopold Banchini and Daniel Zamarbide
Established in 1147 by Augustinians and rebuilt after the earthquake of 1755, the chapel of Nossa Senhora do Monte dominates the city of Lisbon. The popular neighbourhood built around the historical hermitage holds on to the steep hillside. Accessible via narrow stairs only, many houses have been abandoned over the years. A building in rubble is reconstructed to host the single family house on tree levels.
The Urbo Business Centre is a building for offices and services located in Matosinhos, in the Metropolitan Area of Porto.
Characterised by the single volume, with a detached implantation of rectangular geometry, the building is inserted in a corner plot with about 6000m2.
With a total construction area of 25600m2, the building comprises a total of eight floors, six of which above ground for offices, and two basement floors with 200 underground parking spaces, with the exception of an area on the west side on the 1st floor, also on the basement level, suitable for service providers.
Inserted in a rural context next to a running water brook, the house has as an ordering and generating project element the preexisting stone wall confining with the public street. The idea is to extend this wall and integrate it into the design of the house. The material is changed from stone to cork, differentiating the intervention of the pre-existence.
Lava Homes, a little “village” developed in Terralta, parosh of Santo Amaro, Pico Island, Azores! With a unique landscape, cultural heritage and environmental surroundings, where calm and tranquility predominate on the natural environment.
Located in the North Atlantic, between the European and the American Continents, distancing 1,600 km from mainland Europe (Portugal) and 2,454 km from the North American continent (Canada), Azores Archipelago are a world apart.
Forest homes Resort are located in Pico Island. Pico is the second largest in Azores and it is the home to Portugal’s highest mountain, with 2,351m above sea level.
Immersed in an inspiring force of nature, each Forest Home is planned and design as a “house in the tree”.
Article source: luisa bebiano | architect + Atelier do Corvo
The building of Coimbra's Old Ceramics is located on the protection limit of the classification of the Rua da Sofia and Alta in the city of Coimbra (Portugal), included in the classified list of World Cultural Heritage sites of Unesco.
Located in the lower part of the city, in a medieval yard that has mutated over time, the site is in an old alluvium zone, an area affected by regular floods. The surrounding territory was, until the mid-XX century, due to the geological and moisture characteristics, suitable for the manufacture of clay, the raw material of handmade ceramics.
The Vasco da Gama Aquarium is an old navy facility that opened to the public in 1898 for scientific investigation and educational purposes. It continues to have an important role in the knowledge of the sea and the sea-species. To celebrate the importance that the Portuguese King Carlos had on the origins of the aquarium and in the investigation of the ocean, the entrance hall was restored to receive this exhibition.
This house is located in a small village in Azeitao, south of Lisbon. Protected by hills from the Atlantic Ocean, the area has a mild Mediterranean microclimate, creating the ideal conditions for growing grapes, producing some of the country’s finest wines.
The project consists of the conversion of a former winery, built by the client’s grandparents at the beginning of the 20th century. Set back from the main road and surrounded by neighbours, accessible along a narrow alley, the plot has a small orchard of orange trees, an oasis in the middle of the village.
Architecture: João Caldeira Ferrão, João Costa Ribeiro, Madalena Atouguia, Daniela Freire, Maria João Oliveira, Sónia Oliveira, Tiago Pinhal, Rita Rodrigues
Landscape Architecture: Oficina dos Jardins – Sónia Caldeira, Ines Bordado
Consultants:
Structural Engineering, Plumbing, Gas, Building Physics and Acoustics: PRPC Engenheiros lda
Located at one of most important business districts of Lisbon, the project space is prepared to accommodate 300 people and the design reflect OLX culture mixed with the inspiring mood and beauty of the city of Lisbon.
The OLX Group is a network of leading classifieds platforms in 45 markets, including brands like OLX, Avito, letgo, dubizzle, storia, stradia, among others.
The OLX Group connects local people to buy, sell or exchange used goods and services by making it fast and easy for anyone to post a listing through the web.
Orgânica architecture office has just completed the rehabilitation of two semi-detached houses in Calçada dos Mestres neighborhood, facing ‘Águas Livres’, Lisbon 18th century aqueduct.
The original neighborhood was a social development of mid twentieth century. These streets have no name, their names are still merely numerical.
The semi-detached houses, located on Rua Um (Nº1 street) face the “Águas Livres” aqueduct, an engineering stone achievement that splits the neighborhood in two, towards the Alcântara valley.
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