João Vieira de Campos completes minimal concrete house in Porto
This monolithic concrete house in an affluent area of Porto presents a largely closed and robust facade to the street, but opens up on its side towards its garden. More
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Curving roof and stone walls create seclusion for Portuguese house by NOARQ
This house in Portugal, designed by architecture studio NOARQ, features a large curving canopy that wraps around a south-facing patio. More
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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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Filipe Saraiva's self-designed home is based on a child's drawing
Portuguese architect Filipe Saraiva chose black concrete panels for the walls of his family home, which is designed to look like a child's interpretation of a house. More
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Mezzo Atelier transforms century-old barn into pair of bright pink guesthouses
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
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Bruno Dias adds curving extension based on the golden ratio to historic Portuguese house
Bruno Dias Arquitectura has renovated a traditional house in the Portuguese town of Ansião, and added a contrastingly modern extension that curves around a turfed central courtyard. More
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VOA combines wood, marble and glass in layered composition of Portuguese seaside home
This house in the Portuguese coastal town of São Félix da Marinha comprises a series of stacked volumes clad in varying materials to signify the different programmatic functions contained within them. 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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Casa Boavista is a renovated Porto townhouse featuring three skylights
Skylights helps to bring daylight into all three levels of this Porto townhouse, which has been refurbished and extended by local studio Pablo Pita Architects. More
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Mami House is a "mini bunker" built for a couple on a very tight budget
Faced with the difficult task of delivering a family house for less than €100,000, Portuguese architect José Carlos Nunes de Oliveira designed this cuboidal concrete property. More
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José Almeida transforms stone villa in rural Portugal into holiday house
Architect José Almeida has partially demolished a late 19th-century property in northern Portugal, and used the rubble to create holiday accommodation where guests can bathe in a former wine press. More
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House L27 by dIONISO LAB is arranged around a curving courtyard in northern Portugal
Straight walls are in short supply at this house in Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal, which curls around the edges of a curving cobbled courtyard. More
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Cabo de Vila by Spaceworkers features concrete roof with scooped edges
A concrete roof with concave sides sits atop scooped glass and wood walls at this house in Portugal, which is captured in a film starring a child on a red tricycle. More
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Spiralling walkway surrounds courtyard at Portuguese home by António Costa Lima
A glazed ramp spirals around a courtyard at the centre of this house in the Portuguese town of Estoril, connecting the various living spaces and a garden roof terrace. More
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Wooden screens mask glazed walls of Porto house by AZO Sequeira
Slatted wooden screens fold open to reveal walls of windows at the front and back of this concrete house in Porto by AZO Sequeira Arquitectos Associados (+ slideshow). More
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Pedro Ferreira separates old from new in Porto townhouse conversion
Pedro Ferreira Architecture Studio has renovated a 19th-century townhouse in central Porto, maintaining the original features and adding stark white boxes that contain the kitchens and bathrooms (+ slideshow). More
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Casa na Gateira zigzags to follow the topography of a Portuguese mountain landscape
This zigzag-shaped holiday home in northern Portugal features a series of stepped levels, designed by Lisbon architecture studio Camarim Arquitectos to evoke "a walk in the countryside" (+ 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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MIMA Light is a small prefabricated house raised up from the landscape on a near-invisible base
The architects behind a prefabricated housing company have completed one of their smallest buildings so far – a cuboidal property raised on a mirrored plinth above a grassy Portuguese landscape (+ movie). More