Portugal

Portugal:

Mário Martins Atelier's "Casa Elíptica" creates a connection with the existing

Mário martins atelier has designed an elliptical seaside residence, located on a naturally sloping terrain in Luz, Portugal.

All images © Fernando Guerra | Gg+Sg architectural photography, courtesy of Mário Martins Atelier. The "Casa Elíptica", designed by Mártins Atelier and photographed here by Fernando Guerra, evokes the fluidity…

#Architecture

Fala Atelier gives new life to an old house in Porto

Portuguese architecture studio Fala Atelier has transformed it into five studio apartments that feature matching dark blue shutters and a facade patterned with blue and red tiles.

Photography is by Ricardo Loureiro. The house on Rua Faria Guimarães had been added to several times over the 20th century but had been abandoned for decades. However, as the…

#Interiors

Breaking the architectural historic elegance: Eclipse in Porto

Off-centered in Amor de Perdição Square, the installation by FAHR 021.3 studio introduces a dynamic in the urban, historical context.

Photography: FG+SG. The celebratory piece Eclipse marks the 20th anniversary of the classification of the historic centre of Porto as Unesco World Heritage site. A temporary installation, Eclipse is a…

#Installations

FCC Arquitectura juxtaposes old and new in a Portuguese bar extension

The extension saw a contemporary addition being merged with the original building.

Photography by fernando guerra / FG + SG photography Based by the western coast of the island of pico, in the portuguese azores, FFC arquitectura were charged with the transformation and…

#Installations

Thermal baths renovated and extended on a volcanic Portuguese island

Two existing structures were cleared from the site to make way for the new visitors' centre.

M-Arquitectos has upgraded a popular thermal bathing attraction on Portugal's São Miguel Island with a new timber-clad visitors' centre and a pair of stone-lined pools. M-Arquitectos was asked to renovate facilities at the Poça da…

#Design

Time goes by: keeping the traditional sign-writing skills alive

The exhibition plays with the very principles of sign painting

When it comes to signs, they don’t make them like this any more. Vintage hand-painted signs are an endangered species in many cities — businesses come and go and premises…

#Art & Culture