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Serralves Foundation Treetop Walkway by Carlos Castanheira Architects

Porto, Portugal

Kara Mavros

October 13, 2020

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A Portuguese architect designs a walkway among the treetops on a cultural site in Porto, Portugal.

Portuguese Chapel by Álvaro Siza

Algarve, Portugal

Ana Martins

May 1, 2018

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Álvaro Siza's secluded chapel in Portugal offers moments of serene beauty for quiet contemplation and prayer.

MAAT by AL_A Opens in Lisbon

The London-based practice founded by Amanda Levete designed a curvaceous building for the Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology.

Ana Martins

October 11, 2016

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Lisbon’s new riverside architectural icon, designed by London-based studio AL_A, opened last week to a flood of visitors.

EDP Headquarters by Aires Mateus

Lisbon, Portugal

Ana Martins

August 1, 2016

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Two office towers energize the Portuguese capital's waterfront and embrace the changing workplace.

The clients wanted their second home in the foothills of the Serra da Estrela mountain range to be spacious, peaceful, quiet, and open to the outdoors, with views of the dramatic landscape as well as the nearby vineyards, pines, and olive trees.

Porto Cruise Terminal

High-Water Mark: A cruise-ship terminal’s exuberant form connects passengers and is a destination in its own right.

David Cohn

March 1, 2016

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To create the iconic curving forms of the cruise-ship terminal in Porto, Portugal, architect Luís Pedro Silva began working from the project’s territorial context rather than simply seeking a display of formal prowess.

Boa Nova Restaurant and Teahouse

Time Machine: A Pritzker Prize winner turns back the clock, restoring one of his first works of architecture after it had fallen into disrepair.

David Cohn

February 15, 2015

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A Pritzker Prize winner turns back the clock, restoring one of his first works of architecture after it had fallen into disrepair.

Patroc'nio House

Say It With Flowers: House and garden become one in a Lisbon dwelling designed by Lu's Rebelo de Andrade.

Suzanne Stephens

April 16, 2013

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Visitors to the hilltop neighborhood of Travessa do Patroc'nio in Lisbon come screeching to a halt (even if on foot) when they first glimpse a three-story house whose walls pulsate with lush vegetation.

House in Leiria by Aires Mateus

Leiria, Portugal

David Cohn

April 16, 2011

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Portugal-based firm Aires Mateus designed a house that looks like it came straight out of a Monopoly game box.

Centro Das Artes ' Casa Das Mudas

Paulo David creates a cliffside plateau, carved with a labyrinth of spaces at Casa das mudas Centro das Artes in coastal Madeira, Portugal

David Cohn

May 19, 2007

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The Casa das Mudas Centro das Artes, on the Portuguese Island of Madeira, crowns a basalt promontory 600 feet above the Atlantic, but from its entry atop the precipice, the building disappears.