Lisbon Architecture School faces Closure
Last May, Portugal became the third country within the 17-country eurozone in need of a financial rescue to avoid bankruptcy, following Greece and Ireland. Unemployment within the country has climbed up to 14.8 percent as the recession has brought harsh conditions to architects and architecture students alike. Now, the prestigious Faculty of Architecture at the Technical University of Lisbon (UTL), one that has fostered many great architects such as João Luis Carrilho da Graça and Manuel Aires Mateus, may be forced to close its doors.
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School Of Music In Lisbon / João Luís Carrilho da Graça
Architect: João Luís Carrilho da Graça
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
Design Team: Giulia de Appolonia, Susana Rato, Paulo Costa, João Manuel Alves, Filipe Homem, Inês Cortesão, Carlos Pereira, Miguel Costa, Pedro Teixeira de Melo, architects. Tiago Castela, Julieta Cunha,Paula Miranda, Joanna Malitzki, Miguel Casal Ribeiro, Frederique Petit, trainees; Nuno Pinto, graphic modelling; Paulo Barreto and Vanda Neto, models
Area: 16 900 sqm
Cost: 12 500 000.00 €
Client: Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa
Photographs: FS+SG – Fotografia de Arquitectura, João Luís Carrilho da Graça
