Apartment Estrela / Aurora Arquitectos
The intervention therefore had more to do with a redefinition of its programme, and ultimately the increase of appropriation possibilities of space by the client.
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Green House in Porto / URBAstudios
The Green House is 36 sqm apartment in Porto designed by URBAstudios, a studio founded by Portuguese architect Nuno Alves de Carvalho. The project is located in a XIXth century building in the historical centre of the city…
Principe Real Apartment / Fala Atelier
Principe Real is a 645 sqf private home renovated by Portuguese studio Fala Atelier. The client bought an old apartment in Lisbon’s downtown. Although charming at the first glance, it was, somehow, broken.
A Patio House on the Atlantic Coast / Guedes Cruz Arquitectos
The Patio House is a private residence designed by Portuguese studio Guedes Cruz Arquitectos. Like a wall in a Castle not in stone, but in concrete, glass and wood. Not to for protection but because of the…
Quinta do Fortunato House / Jose Luis Veloso
Located in Belelo, Meixedo, Viana do Castelo, Quinta do Fortunato, a structure of Turismo no Espaço Rural (Tourism on a Rural Space) resulted in the design of two lodging units, with the exploitation of the preexisting buildings,…
Alves da Veiga Project / Pedro Ferreira Architeture Studio
The Alves da Veiga project aimed to reconvert an old typography built in the nineteenth century and abandoned for decades in a set of six apartments, maintaining all the structure and spatial concept of preexistence. The original building,…
Sapato Apartment, Lisboa, Portugal / Arriba Studio
Portuguese studio Arriba has renovated Bica do Sapato Apartment, turning it into a spacious and full of light home. From the first day we visited this site, we understood the potential of this curious layout. It resembled a maze with…
Wood Structure Inside Stone Walls / Corpo Atelier
Architects: Corpo Atelier / Filipe Paixão Project: Wood Structure Inside Stone Walls / Single House Refurbishment Location: Sernancelhe, Portugal Photography: Ricardo Oliveira Alves Architecture studio Corpo Atelier has renovated and restructured an old stone outbuilding in a
Ajuda Apartment, Lisbon / Arriba Studio
Architecture surrounds you every minute. At Arriba we want to enhance how you experience everyday life through the reinterpretation of the spaces you live in, from the door handle, to the room, to the city.