Three geometric volumes form Nelson Resende's architecture studio
Portuguese architect Nelson Resende has designed an office for his architecture studio on the outskirts of Porto, comprising a pair of cuboids and a cylinder. More
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![Cloaked House by Ernesto Pereira]()
Cloaked House by Ernesto Pereira is designed to disappear into its arboreal setting
Glazed walls sandwiched between concrete slabs ensure this house in the Portuguese city of Marco de Canaveses blends in with the surrounding trees and provides extensive views across a nearby valley. More
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Pedro Ferreira converts abandoned Porto house into flats with pine and marble surfaces
Pedro Ferreira Architecture Studio has converted a derelict 19th-century house in Porto into six flats with pine, white marble and concrete finishes. More
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![Paço Vitorino Hotel by PROD]()
PROD transforms 18th-century manor house in rural Portugal into hotel
Portuguese studio PROD has converted this 18th-century house and stables in northern Portugal into a 15-bedroom hotel, adding an elevated wooden bridge and a vaulted roof to the kitchen. More
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Perforated green cladding wraps university science institute by Cláudio Vilarinho
Irregularly shaped perforations in the pale green facades of this new university research institute in Portugal are inspired by the tubular molecules that form solar panels. More
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![Abade Pedrosa Museum in Santo Tirso by Álvaro Siza Vieira and Eduardo Souto Moura]()
Álvaro Siza and Eduardo Souto de Moura team up for Portuguese museum project
Pritzker Prize winners Álvaro Siza Vieira and Eduardo Souto de Moura have teamed up to renovate a museum at a historic Portuguese monastery and have also added a new contemporary sculpture museum (+ slideshow). More
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![Casa nel Bosco by Officina29 Architetti]()
Officina29 Architetti builds garden living room without cutting down any trees
Towering oak trees surround this addition to a family residence in Sardinia, which is raised up on concrete feet to minimise its impact on the wild landscape (+ slideshow). More
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Staggered and stacked blocks define rooms in Porto residence by 236 Arquitectos
Each room in this Porto house by 236 Arquitectos is contained within an individual white box, which is stacked irregularly from its neighbour to form a distinctive cluster formation (+ slideshow). More
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Blaanc uses rammed earth to build house in a Portuguese vineyard
Layers of compacted earth form walls for this house by architecture studio Blaanc, which is set in the middle of a vineyard in Portugal's Montijo municipality (+ slideshow). More
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![Sobreiras Alentejo Country Hotel by Future Architecture Thinking]()
Alentejo Country Hotel features log facades to match the surrounding cork trees
Vertical logs cover the gabled elevations of this rural hotel in southern Portugal, designed by Lisbon studio Future Architecture Thinking (+ slideshow). More
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Álvaro Siza completes red brick theatre near Barcelona
Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza has built a red brick theatre in Llinars del Vallès, a village outside Barcelona (+ slideshow). More
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Filipe Pina + Maria Inês Costa add concrete extension to stone house in Portugal
A glass-fronted stairwell joins a craggy stone Portuguese house to its new concrete extension by Filipe Pina + Maria Inês Costa (+ slideshow). More
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Álvaro Siza transforms his 50-year-old Boa Nova Tea House into a seafood restaurant
Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza has renovated one of his most iconic projects – the waterside Boa Nova Tea House in his hometown of Porto (+ slideshow). More
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Riverside park by Topiaris Landscape Architecture features a boardwalk and a bird observatory
Lisbon firm Topiaris Landscape Architecture has extended a 700-metre long timber walkway through wild riverside scrubland to connect a new Portuguese public park with a bird observatory (+ movie). More
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Art and culture centre with bright red walls by Future Architecture Thinking
Bright red walls contrast with vivid green lawns at this art and culture centre in Portugal by Lisbon architecture firm Future Architecture Thinking (+ slideshow). More
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![Portuguese townhouse meets Alpine chalet at this renovation by Tiago do Vale Arquitectos]()
Portuguese townhouse meets Alpine chalet in this renovation by Tiago do Vale Arquitectos
Portuguese studio Tiago do Vale Arquitectos has renovated a townhouse in Braga that was built as a servants' house in the late nineteenth century and modelled on the style of an Alpine chalet (+ slideshow). More
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House over Warehouse by Miguel Marcelino
This house by Portuguese architect Miguel Marcelino rests on top of an old warehouse in Torres Novas, central Portugal (+ slideshow). More
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![International Centre for the Arts Jose de Guimarães by Pitagoras Arquitectos]()
International Centre for the Arts Jose de Guimarães by Pitagoras Arquitectos
Shimmering brass walls surround this arts centre that Portuguese firm Pitagoras Arquitectos have just completed in Guimarães. More
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![Casa DJ by [i]da Arquitectos]()
Casa DJ by [i]da Arquitectos
Indoor and outdoor staircases lead from a roof terrace to a sunken courtyard at this house in Portugal by Lisbon studio [i]da Arquitectos. More
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