Designing in suburban housing developments presents a significant urbanistic challenge. These areas often lack a cohesive strategic vision, making it difficult to establish a strong urban identity or enhance the quality of life they provide. As a result, many buildings fail to connect with their surroundings, leaving fragmented spaces that lack the structured, organic streets typically found in well-developed urban areas.
Sky Base One Villa, designed by Bespoke Architects, began with a unique client vision—a villa inspired by science fiction classics. This led to an exploration of balance, drawing on principles of Chinese Taoism, to create a space that harmonizes architecture and nature.
Nestled in the agricultural parish of Gandra in Esposende, Casa de Campo by PF Architecture Studio offers a serene escape for a family seeking respite from city life. This unassuming yet thoughtfully crafted home embraces Portugal’s northern landscapes—sea, river, and mountains—anchored by the region’s characteristic “Nortada” (north wind).
The Longing 500 mg Apartment itself is the ground floor unit in a building designed by the well-known Pedro Ferreira Architecture Studio and where two one-bedroom apartments were originally located.
Located in a small village in the interior of Portugal, at 900m altitude, the Gafanha’s House emerges from the need of rehabilitating an existing building occupied by a family member.
Located on the bank of the historical National 18 and with a view over the Serra da Estrela, the old stone house began by occupying the rocks that rose near the stream that flows through it.
The construction that gives Saint Sebastian Lodging its starting point is a synthesis of these historical circumstances and of the rapid changes that this street went through.
The Saint Adrian House, in its genesis, intended to offer just the bare minimum in comfort, health and hygiene under the standards of its time -standards that today, by themselves, would be considered unbearable.
