Architecture studio Spaceworkers has inserted a house-shaped cultural centre inside a nineteenth-century schoolhouse in Paredes, northern Portugal. More about Centro Interpretação do Românico Paredes by Spaceworkers
This concrete staircase into the air by Lisbon architecture studio Ateliermob functions as a riverside amphitheatre on the banks of the Tagus in central Portugal (+ slideshow). More about Rio de Moinhos Open-Air Theatre by Ateliermob
A house-shaped white box seems to float above the dark grey reception of this dental clinic in Porto by Portugese architect Paulo Merlini (+ slideshow). More about Dental Clinic in Porto by Paulo Merlini
This house outside Lisbon by architects GGLL Atelier has a grey base that nestles into the landscape and an angular white upper level that follows the incline of the hill (+ slideshow). More about Quinta dos Alcoutins by GGLL Atelier
Lisbon studio Atelier Data has converted a row of stables in rural Portugal to create a summer retreat for a family (+ slideshow). More about Sítio da Lezíria by Atelier Data
Bold primary colours punctuate this stark concrete extension to a secondary school outside Lisbon by Portugese architect CVDB Arquitectos (+ slideshow) More about Braamcamp Freire Secondary School by CVDB Arquitectos
Portuguese studio Aires Mateus has transformed a house in Portugal into a bright white building with a sprawling extension (+ slideshow). More about House in Alcobaça by Aires Mateus
Spanish collective Grupo IUT built a tower of straw bales on the outskirts of Guimarães in Portugal (+ slideshow). More about Agricultural Mountain by Grupo IUT
These seven woodland cabins are nestled amongst the trees of a park and spa in northern Portugal (+ slideshow). More about Eco-Resort Pedras Salgadas by Luís Rebelo de Andrade and Diogo Aguiar
Portuguese architect Miguel Marcelino has completed a rural family house with red concrete walls and three separate terraces. More about Three Courtyards House by Miguel Marcelino
This home on a golf course complex in Belas on the outskirts of Lisbon consists of five smaller houses connected by interior passages.(+ slideshow) More about House in Belas by CHP Arquitectos
This narrow townhouse in Lisbon has bushy plants all over its body and a swimming pool on its roof. More about House in Lisbon by Luís and Tiago Rebelo de Andrade and Manuel Cachão Tojal
The only windows at this concrete house in Moreira, Portugal, face one another across recessed patios. More about House in Moreira by Phyd Arquitectura
This hill-top house by Portuguese architect Jorge Graca Costa was designed for a professional surfer and his family (+ slideshow). More about U-House by Jorge Graca Costa
The only way to watch a film at this unconventional cinema in Guimarães, Portugal, is by manoeuvring your upper body into one of 16 downward-pointing nozzles. More about Centipede Cinema by Colin Fournier, Marysia Lewandowska and NEON
Stripy glass screens obscure views between rooms at this dental clinic in Torres Vedras, Portugal, by MMVArquitecto (+ slideshow). More about Dental Clinic by MMVArquitecto
Portuguese studio Comoco Architects has converted a warehouse in Coimbra once used for storing industrial materials into an indoor football ground (+ slideshow). More about N10 Sports Facility by Comoco Architects
Guests can lounge amongst orange trees and a water basin in the secluded courtyard of this dreamy Portuguese guesthouse by Jordi Fornells and Rolf Heinemann of Vora Arquitectura (+ slideshow). More about Villa Extramuros by Vora Arquitectura
Portugese studio LIKEarchitects and fashion designer Ricardo Dourado have used beach loungers, garden furniture and toys to get the people of Guimarães in Portugal paddling in the city's fountains (+ slideshow). More about Fountain Hacks by LIKEarchitects and Ricardo Dourado
A suspended net provides a hammock over the staircase of this apartment in Porto by architects OODA. More about 227 Flat by OODA