Portuguese architecture studio Atelier Backlar has used recycled ocean plastic and locally sourced timber to create The Blue House within the ruins of a former whaler's tavern on São Miguel Island in the Azores. More about Atelier Backlar wraps Portuguese clifftop house in recycled ocean plastic
Portuguese practice Bernardo Rodrigues Architects has completed a studio for a sculptor in the Azores, creating a curving poured-concrete form that references the work of its client. More about Bernardo Rodrigues Architects creates concrete Sculptor Studio in Portugal
Blackened wood borders a grid of evenly spaced volcanic rocks inside this pavilion, which Pontoatelier has designed to support social-distancing in the Azores. More about Pontoatelier designs Inbetween Pavilion as "a space of liberty and freedom"
Italian studio Mezzo Atelier chose a vibrant shade of pink for the walls of these guesthouses in the Azores, which are housed inside a converted stable. More about Mezzo Atelier transforms century-old barn into pair of bright pink guesthouses
This restaurant and bar in the Azores comprises two buildings – a remodelled barn with volcanic stone walls, and a bulbous timber extension conceived as a cross between a whale and a wine barrel (+ slideshow). More about Cella Bar by FCC Arquitectura features a volcanic stone barn and a whale-inspired extension
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 (+ slideshow). More about M-Arquitectos renovates and extends thermal baths on a volcanic Portuguese island
Portuguese studio SAMI Arquitectos has slotted a modern concrete house behind the crumbling stone walls of a ruined building, located on an island in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean. More about Ageing stone walls frame concrete structure of E/C House by SAMI Arquitectos
Four small blocks fan out from the facade of this white concrete house on a Portuguese island by local studio M-
Portuguese studio SAMI Arquitectos have completed a blackened timber house on the hillside of a Portuguese island. More about C/Z House by SAMI Arquitectos
This house on S. Michael Island in the Azores by Portuguese architect Bernardo Rodrigues comprises a jumble of curved and rectilinear volumes, creating little sheltered patios in-between them. More about House on the Flight of Birds by Bernardo Rodrigues
Photographer Fernando Guerra has sent us these photographs of two stone-clad buildings by Lisbon firm Aires Mateus Architects that form a research centre with accommodation on the island of São Miguel, Portugal. More about Monitoring and Investigation Center of Furnas by Aires Mateus