Aurora Arquitectos transforms ruined Lisbon building into fun family home
A fireman's pole lets children slide down between floors in this house that Aurora Arquitectos has created in Lisbon, Portugal. More
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MAAT reopens with SO-IL's Beeline shortcut installed
The Amanda Levete-designed Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology in Lisbon has reopened following coronavirus lockdown with architecture studio SO-IL's Beeline installation creating a shortcut through the building. More
Beeline installation by SO-IL creates a "clandestine" shortcut through Amanda Levete's MAAT museum
Architecture studio SO-IL has designed a major installation for Lisbon's Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology that creates a new public route through the middle of the Amanda Levete-designed building via a secret rear entrance. More
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Circular holes connect playgrounds on two levels of a Lisbon school
Portuguese studio Site Specific Arquitectura has renovated a 1950s school in Lisbon and added a dual-level extension with round openings connecting its outdoor spaces. More
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School in Lisbon by ARX Portugal features rooftop playground
Redbridge School in Lisbon by ARX Portugal is formed of two wood-framed buildings clad with metal, one featuring a playground on its roof. More
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António Costa Lima inserts brick home into an old Lisbon warehouse
Portuguese practice António Costa Lima Arquitectos has inserted a perforated, lattice-like brick volume into the stone shell of a former warehouse to create this new home along Lisbon's waterfront. More
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Restored plasterwork and paintings adorn Aires Mateus' self-designed studio
Ornate paintings and decorative stucco ceilings appear inside the self-designed studio of architecture practice Aires Mateus, which occupies an 18th-century building in Lisbon, Portugal. More
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House installed inside MAAT gallery to draw parallels between queerness and incarceration
Portuguese artists João Pedro Vale and Nuno Alexandre Ferreira have erected a two-storey building inside the MAAT in Lisbon, filled with references to "dissident forms of sexuality". More
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Radical exhibition designs by Lina Bo Bardi and Aldo van Eyck recreated at Gulbenkian Museum
Lina Bo Bardi's famous glass easels and a 1960s expo pavilion by Aldo van Eyck have both been reconstructed in Lisbon, for the exhibition Art on Display at the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum. More
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Lisbon's Carnide Apartment is a "pristine haven" for its physician owners
Locally-based Lola Cwikowski Studio has overhauled this Lisbon apartment to feature calming minimalist interiors that offset the hectic lifestyles of its owners. More
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Pink marble core cuts through concrete interiors of Portuguese house
Architect Daniel Zamarbide and Leopold Banchini Architects have designed a concrete house in Lisbon with a central core of local pink marble. More
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Creating the Expo'98 Portuguese National Pavilion was "difficult" says Álvaro Siza
Álvaro Siza Viera explains how he created the swooped concrete roof of the pavilion he designed for the 1998 Expo in Lisbon in this exclusive movie. More
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Gonzalez Haase AAS creates pared-back interiors for Lisbon concept store Tem-plate
White walls, concrete floors and a metallic display fixtures provide a neutral backdrop to the ever-changing fashion collections on show in new Lisbon concept store Tem-plate. More
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Staggered floors overlook four-storey void at architect's house in Lisbon
Architect Daniel Zamarbide worked with Leopold Banchini to design a pared-back Lisbon house with glass-walled rooms overlooking a full-height living space, as his own home. More
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Studio Gameiro keeps time-worn details in overhaul of 19th-century Lisbon apartment
Aged frescos and exposed timber ceilings offset new floors and fixtures inside this Lisbon apartment, which has been overhauled by Studio Gameiro. More
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Promontorio adds concrete spiral staircase to 1980s office building in Lisbon
Portuguese studio Promontorio has transformed a 1980s office building in Lisbon into a high-tech headquarters featuring a spiralling concrete staircase. More
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Lisbon's concrete cruise terminal is topped with rooftop viewing platform
Passengers arriving at the João Luís Carrilho da Graça-designed cruise terminal in Lisbon can use a series of ramps to reach a rooftop viewing platform that offers a panorama of the Tagus river. More
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Geometric bas-relief patterns decorate monolithic Egyptian Embassy in Lisbon
Portuguese studio Promontorio Architects has completed the new Embassy of Egypt in Lisbon, which features robust concrete walls covered with bas-relief patterns that recall traditional Egyptian motifs. More
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Rar.Studio renovates an apartment in Álvaro Siza's Terraços de Bragança
Portuguese office Rar.Studio has renovated an Álvaro Siza-designed apartment in Lisbon to create a brighter and more spacious interior. More
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Bak Gordon converts traditional Lisbon house into apartments with private courtyard
Bak Gordon Arquitectos has renovated a house in the Lapa area of Lisbon, transforming it into a pair of apartments that share a secluded courtyard garden and swimming pool. More
