Contaminar Arquitetos designs concrete and cork school in Portugal
Cork-clad concrete canopies cover large outdoor gathering spaces at a primary school on the outskirts of Leiria, Portugal, designed by local practice Contaminar Arquitetos. More
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BIG and Castro Group plan "urban fashion village" with hill-like roof
Architecture practice BIG and developer Castro Group have unveiled designs for the Fuse Valley development in Porto, which will house the headquarters of luxury fashion platform Farfetch as well as tech companies. More
18th-century sawmill transformed into contemporary gabled house
Architects André Caetano and Ana Fiúza have converted a former sawmill in the Portuguese town of Oeiras into a house that stands behind a freestanding gabled wall. More
Triangular-patterned canopy shelters stalls at modernised Portuguese marketplace
Architect Rui Mendes Ribeiro has covered the marketplace in the Portuguese town of Vila Nova de Famalicão with a perforated canopy that shades the market square. More
Carvalho Araújo completes monolithic concrete house in a Portuguese forest
Concrete and glass are used throughout the interior and exterior of this holiday home in northern Portugal, which local studio Carvalho Araújo designed to blend in with its woodland setting. More
Paulo Merlini Architects creates concrete spiral walkway inside Porto office
A spiralling concrete walkway and a storage wall filled with colourful ceramics are the standout features in this office for E-goi and Clavel's Kitchen, designed by Paulo Merlini Architects. More
Bak Gordon Arquitectos builds Casa Azul alongside elongated pool
Portuguese studio Bak Gordon Arquitectos has completed a house alongside a long swimming pool in the Alentejo region of Portugal. More
REDO Architects creates theatre-inspired interior for Puppeteers House in Sintra
REDO Architects had stage sets in mind when redesigning the interiors for a pair of houses in the former Puppeteers' Quarter in Sintra, Portugal. More
Tiago Sousa inserts brick house into stone ruin in Portugal
Portuguese architect Tiago Sousa has renovated the remains of a traditional house in the village of Romarigães by inserting a brick volume into an existing stone shell. More
Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance creates furniture showcasing beauty of discarded burnt cork
French designer Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance has used discarded burnt cork to create this furniture collection featuring sinuous forms and a gradient of textures. More
Paulo Merlini Architects perches gabled volumes on top of stone plinth at Casa Rio
Local architect Paulo Merlini has completed a house in the Portuguese city of Gondomar featuring three gabled volumes and a roof garden set on top of a ground-floor structure formed of thick stone walls. More
Studio Libeskind designs geometric Jewish Museum for Lisbon
Tilted walls covered in blue ceramic tiles will break up the white geometric exterior of Tikva, a Jewish museum that New York office Studio Libeskind is designing in the district of Belém in Lisbon. More
World's "longest pedestrian suspension" bridge opens in Portugal
A pedestrian suspension bridge that claims to be the longest in the world, named 516 Arouca and measuring 516 metres in length, has opened in northern Portugal. More
DepA Architects clads traditional Portuguese house in sage-green tiles
Porto-based DepA Architects has extended and renovated a traditional Portuguese home, streamlining its floor plan and adding a material and colour palette informed by its original design. More
RCR Arquitectes uses red concrete to build Palmares Clubhouse in the Algarve
Overlapping planes of red concrete form the walls and roof of this golf clubhouse, designed by Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning RCR Arquitectes for a resort on Portugal's south coast. More
Trama Arquitetos creates raw concrete house above cork tree grove in Braga
Portuguese architecture studio Trama Arquitetos has designed Cork Trees House, a concrete and Corten-steel clad home located on a slope above a grove of cork trees in Braga, Portugal. More
Hugo Pereira completes angular concrete house on Portuguese hilltop
Portuguese architect Hugo Pereira has completed an angular concrete house in the town of Celorico de Basto, Portugal with glass-walled living spaces that look out onto courtyard gardens and a swimming pool. More
Nicholas Burns nestles concrete chapel within grounds of Portuguese estate
Architect Nicholas Burns has hidden a chapel made from concrete amongst trees and granite boulders on a large private estate in northern Portugal. More
Merooficina carves up former fisherman's house into two bright apartments
Porto architecture practice Merooficina has converted a former fisherman's house in Aveiro, Portugal, into two apartments that blend original features with new interventions. More
Summary builds modular housing in Portugal from precast concrete
Architecture studio Summary built VDC, a modular housing scheme in Portugal's Vale de Cambria, out of prefabricated concrete elements. More