Tag Portugal

07-06-2017

Spaceworkers’ Casa Cabo de Vila in Paredes, Portugal

Spaceworkers has built Casa Cabo de Vila in Paredes, Portugal. The project has a sense of constant tension, with the architects choosing an open-plan layout which emphasizes the contrast between the interior and the exterior.

09-05-2011

Carrilho da Graça: Church in Portalegre

White and geometric like a lot of Portuguese architecture, from Siza to Souto de Moura, the church of St. Antonio a Portalegre by João Luís Carrilho da Graça metaphorically embraces the Christian community with its C-shaped layout including the church proper and the parish centre. Examples of contemporary architecture conceived in a close relationship with the landscape and nature.

09-05-2011

A wooden house in Gerês National Park

The plan for a house in Gerês National Park in Portugal is an example of the kind of architecture that sets aside formal advocacy to draw its inspiration from nature and mould itself completely to its requirements, revealing one of the many faces of sustainability: the one based on attentive use of materials and interaction with the landscape.