Republica Apartment, Lisbon / VSS Arquitectura
In this apartment from the 60s, with 250m2 and inserted in one of the most central avenues in the city of Lisbon, there was an urgent need to redefine the social space
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do mal o menos was founded in 2011 by architects and architectural photographers João Fôja and Eduardo Nascimento. Currently based in Lisbon, it is dedicated to the specialized production and editing of Architectural, Exhibition and Stage Design Photography.
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Puppeteers House, Sintra, Portugal / REDO Architects
Located in Sintra, an area that is known for its romanticist palaces and gardens as well as its relative proximity to the sea, this project stands within the former Puppeteers’ Quarter.
Sun Tan Restaurant / Duarte Caldas + Mariana Peralta
Sun Tan is a project for a restaurant of about 70 m2, located in Bairro das Colónias, in Lisbon. The project is installed on the ground floor of a building constructed in the 1930s, included within Lisbon’s most significant set of Art Deco style architecture.
Roma Apartment in Lisbon by VSS Arquitectura
The carpentry from a building from the 60s with a reinforced concrete structure combined with poor architectural quality cladding and closed balconies, demanded a new life for this apartment near Avenida de Roma, in Lisbon, Portugal.
Hostel in Parede by Aurora Arquitectos
We were asked to consider the project as having a high level of flexibility in terms of future use. A Hostel at first, capable of becoming a single-family house with little changes.
Taipas Apartment Building by Aurora Arquitectos
The Taipas Apartment Building is located in one of the hills that surrounds Avenida da Liberdade, very close to Miradouro São Pedro de Alcântara.
Rodrigo da Fonseca Apartment, Lisbon
After undergoing profound changes in the past years, the Rodrigo da Fonseca apartment still exhibits hidden signs of the architecture of a bygone period.
Pombalino Apartments by Aurora Arquitectos
An apartment used as a leather tannerie workshop for a long time. This use aggressiveness destroyed its character and the features of the pombalino architectonic imaginary were lost.
Apartment Building in Lisbon by Aurora Arquitectos
This building with two apartments is located in Costa do Castelo, a street that surrounds the hill and where its buildings hide the view towards the city of Lisbon.
Coimbra House / Branco-DelRio Arquitectos
The Coimbra house makes up for its small size by connecting spaces. It seizes the exterior of both the garden and patio, incorporating them through the continuity of the elements. The interiors follow one another, link and relate visually.
Prazeres Apartment Building Reconstruction in Lisbon
The challenge would then be to combine the overall design of the apartments simultaneously with the desire to have a garden and a view in his home. The private connection between the two floors is made by elevator, while the stairs are shared with the occupants of the middle floors.
Redondo House Renovated by Branco-DelRio Arquitectos
The Redondo house is the last of a row of four buildings built at the beginning of the 20th century in the center of Coimbra. Its cylindrical shape responds to the oblique cross between two streets, and gives the building a certain singularity and its name.