Caldeira House / Filipe Pina Arquitectura
The renovation of a historic building in Vila Nova de Foz Côa by the architect Filipe Pina, using slate and shale as the main elements, creates a new contemporary home that respects the city’s history.
Portugal
A Minimal White House with Three Entrances
In Santa Marinha we had to make three entrances. I don’t remember doing anything like that, although that’s what we enjoy the most – drawing the entrance, and also drawing the terrain. And it is always the most difficult delivery.
Ponte House, Portugal / stu.dere
The “Ponte House” project was developed with the aim of integrating the house into the morphology of the land, with its narrow and extended configuration, and ended up dictating the volumetric of the house in the same way.
Casa 27 / Mario Martins Atelier
Casa 27 is situated on a spacious plot with a privileged view, it stretches away to the eat, across the intense green, slowly downward as it plunges into the Alvor estuary and its many different tides.
Gafanha’s House / Filipe Pina Arquitectura
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.
The Curved White House in Portugal
The Curved White House confronts one of the most important arteries in the city – the National Road EN109. The house 109 has the main facade perpendicular to the layout of the road, contrasting with the pre-existing reality.
Chestnut Home, Portugal / João Mendes Ribeiro
Chestnut home is located in Valeflor, in the north of Portugal, a rural area densely occupied by chestnut and oak trees, which extend on a slope facing East-South, with the Serra da Marofa as background.
Praia Verde House / Atelier Central Arquitectos
Located in Praia Verde, between the Ria Formosa Nature Park and the Castro Marim Marshland Nature Reserve, the property is home to an immense spontaneous pine forest, shaped by the winds brought by the sea.