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
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Extrastudio transforms Portuguese winery into house covered with rough red mortar
Lisbon-based practice Extrastudio has converted a winery in southern Portugal into a family home by covering its walls with red-pigmented mortar, introducing light wells and adding a black-bottomed swimming pool. More
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Aurora Arquitectos opens up 1970s apartment in Lisbon with angular skylights and folding walls
A long bright corridor punctuated by three wood-lined skylights spans this apartment in Lisbon, Portugal, which was been refurbished by local office Aurora Arquitectos. More
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Curtains separate spaces of Lisbon office for a "hook-up app for awesome people"
Architects Sílvia Rocio, Mariana Póvoa and Esse Studio have used curtains, patterned tiles and pendant lighting to create this homely office for a mobile dating app in Lisbon, Portugal. More
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Waataa transforms Lisbon offices into compact studio apartments with fold-out furniture
Brightly coloured niches define living spaces inside these three compact studio apartments, which Portuguese practice Waataa has created inside a former office building in Lisbon. More
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Timelapse movie by Alejandro Villanueva shows Amanda Levete's sinuous MAAT museum
This movie by videographer Alejandro Villanueva captures the wave-like form of Lisbon's MAAT contemporary art museum, designed by Amanda Levete's firm AL_A, as light shifts from day to night. More
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SelgasCano completes plant-filled co-working space inside Lisbon market hall for Second Home
Spanish studio SelgasCano has transformed part of Lisbon's oldest food market into a plant-filled co-working space for Second Home, which is furnished with winding communal tables and mid-century chairs. More
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Lisbon flat extension features huge window facing the garden
One wall of this petite extension to a Lisbon apartment by RCJV Arquitectos is made entirely from glass – providing its owners with views of the courtyard gardens below. More
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Fala Atelier uses new curving wall to reorganise Lisbon flat
Porto architecture studio Fala Atelier has overhauled a fragmented 19th-century Lisbon flat, creating a long narrow living area framed by a subtly curved wall. More
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Fala Atelier converts windowless garage into home for young couple
Fala Atelier has transformed a windowless garage in Lisbon into bright, open-plan living space for a young couple with a parking spot for their car. More
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Aboim Inglez Arquitectos overhauls 1930s apartment in Lisbon with wooden parquet and grey marble
Portuguese studio Aboim Inglez Arquitectos has updated a 1930s apartment in Lisbon with patterned parquet floors, grey marble surfaces, custom furniture and a new sun room. More
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Atelier Data uses light and greenery to transform Lisbon penthouse into urban oasis
A long social space dotted with green elements forms one half of this apartment, located in a 1930s neighbourhood in Lisbon, Portugal. More
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Our latest Pinterest board spotlights Lisbon's fresh new architecture
From Amanda Levete's MAAT museum to the city's first Architecture Triennale, new projects keep springing up in Lisbon. We've pinned the Portuguese capital's best architecture to a new Pinterest board. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›
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Lisbon Triennale exhibition spotlights advancements at building sites
Cartoon representations of construction sites, a report on labour conditions and pioneering materials feature in an exhibition focusing on the development of the building site at the Lisbon Architecture Triennale. More
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"Building cannot be separated from the economics that drive construction"
Both Amanda Levete's MAAT museum and the Lisbon Architecture Triennale opened in the Portuguese capital earlier this month. Together they prove that architecture is physically shaped by its fiscal situation, says Mimi Zeiger in this week's Opinion. More
