Garage & Garden Facilities / Nuno Castro

© Nuno Castro

This site originally was filled with a volume that lacked a clear form and was slicing the property and surrounding garden areas into unusable spaces. The pre-existing garage was removed and a new design was proposed focusing on leisure, gardening, and storage, along with uniting the previously disjointed spaces.

Architect: Nuno Castro
Location: ,
Project Year: 2007-2008
Photographs: Nuno Castro

Casa das Histórias Paula Rego / Eduardo Souto de Moura

Architects: Souto Moura Arquitectos
Location: ,
Project Team: Sérgio Koch, Ricardo Prata, Bernardo Monteiro, Diogo Guimarães, Junko Imamura, Kirstin Schätzel, Manuel Vasconcelos, Maria Luís Barros, Pedro G. Oliveira, Rita Alves, Sofia Torres Pereira, Susana Monteiro
Structural and Mechanical Engineers: AFAconsult
Project Year: 2008
Video & Photographs: Vítor Gabriel

Jorge Gudes’s House / 100 Planos Arquitectura

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Architect: 100 Planos Arquitectura
Location: Vila Pouca de Aguiar,
Client: Dr Jorge Guedes
Engineering: ASL&Associados
Project year: 2004 – 2010
Photographs: 100 Planos Arquitectura

Camélia Hotel Sénior & Homes / NAAA – Associated Architects

© Carlos Lobo

Architects: NAAA – Associated Architects (Maria Luís Neiva, Ricardo Bastos Areias)
Location: ,
Local Architects: ALCEPI Projectos de Arquitectura e Engenharia, Lda
Engineering: ALCEPI Projectos de Arquitectura e Engenharia, Lda
Project area: 6,200 sqm
Project year: 2009
Photographs: Pedro Brum, Carlos Lobo

Patio Luso / Saraiva + Associados

© FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra

Architects: Miguel Saraiva & Associados
Location: Carlos Alberto Square, ,
Client: Porto Vivo – Sociedade de Reabilitação Urbana, S.A., Edifer Reabilitação
Engineers: Sopsec and Rodrigues Gomes & Associados, Consultores de Engenharia S.A.
Project Area: 3,324.47 sqm
Project Year: 2006-2009
Photographs: FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra

Closet House / Consexto

Architects: Consexto
Location: , Portugal
Project area: 44 sqm
Project year: 2009 – 2010
Photographs: Amândio Neto

Family Tomb in the Açor Mountains / Pedro Dias

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Architects: Pedro Dias
Location: Monte Frio, Arganil,
Client: Familia Duarte
Total cost: 12.000 €
Project area: 12,9 sqm
Project year: 2006 – 2009
Photographs: Pedro Dias

Tensai Offices / ADA – Atelier de Arquitectura

© FG+SG – , Sergio Guerra

Architects: ADA – Atelier de Arquitectura
Location: Leça de Palmeira, Porto,
Main Architect: Jorge Teixeira
Project Manager: Alberto Dias Ribeiro
Client: TENSAI
Main Contractor: Constexpert
Structural Engineering: EngiPortugal
Electrical Engineering: Apotema
Hidraulics Engineer: Luis Ferreira
Environmental Engineer: Engitek
Acoustics Concultant: Engitek
Project Area: 650 sqm
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra

Portable Spiral of History / Bernardo Rodrigues Arquitecto

© FG+SG – , Sergio Guerra

Architects: Bernardo Rodrigues Arquitecto
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
Collaborator: Francesco Ugolotti
Engineer and Construction Manager: Antonio Pinto
Copper: Asa cobres e zinco, Sousa Alves
Metal Structure: Lisopatamar
Glass: Alves Glass
Client: Ministery of Culture of Portugal
Project Year: July-Sept 2010 (Construction Nov 2010)
Photographs: FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra

House in Guimarães / Sequeira Arquitectos Associados

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Oriented to the west and with a large panoramic view to the city, House in Guimarães is an exploration and incorporation of natural light. The house is situated on a site with a large variance in grade, roughly 10 meters, therefore the architects chose to spread the 650 square meter home over three floors.

Architects: Lda
Location: Guimarães, Portugal
Project Architects: Mário Sequeira, Alfredo Machado
Project Team: Nuno Veiga Área do
Project Area: 650 sqm
Project Year: 2005- 2010
Photographs: Nelson Garrido

House In Vale Bem / espaço a3

© José Miguel Figueiredo

Architects: espaço a3
Location: Almada,
Principals in Charge: Carlos Pinto Velosa
Collaborators: Fernando Pires, Angela Aguiar
Engineering: Japtec
Project area: 820 sqm
Project year: 2004 – 2009
Photographs: José Miguel Figueiredo

St. Antonio’s Church & St. Bartolomeu Social Center / JLCG Arquitectos

© FG+SG – , Sergio Guerra

Architects: João Luís Carrilho da Graça
Location: Portalegre,
Project Team: Inês Lobo, João Maria Trindade, Flávio Barbini, Maria João Barbini, Luís Barros, Filipe Homem, Paula Miranda, Susana Rato, Pedro Ricciardi, João Manuel Alves, Inês Cortesão, Joanna Malitzki
Trainees: Andreia Salavessa, Julieta Cunha, Sandra Macieira
Graphic Modelling: Nuno Pinto, João Rosário
Foundations and Structure: AFA consultores de engenharia–António Adão da Fonseca
Water, Drainage and Gas Installations: AFA consultores de engenharia – Paulo Silva
Mechanical Installations: AFA consultores de engenharia –Isabel Sarmento
Building Physics: NATURALWORKS – Guilherme Carrilho da Graça
Electrical Installations, Telecommunications, and Security: AFA consultores de engenharia –Alexandre Martins and Fernando Aires
Project Area: 3,050 sqm
Project Year: 1993-2008
Photographs: FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra

Rehabilitation Of The Old Butter Factory / M.S.B Architects

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Architects: M.S.B Architects
Location: Calheta, ,
Project area: 350 sqm
Project year: 2010
Photographs: MSB Architects

House in Tróia / Jorge Mealha

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Architects: Jorge Mealha
Location: Clube Soltróia, plot 82, Tróia,
Project Team: Arch. João Sítima, Arch. Luís Banazol, Arch. Pedro Pereira, Arch. Marcelo Dantas
Client: Private
Project area: 207 sqm
Photographs: Jorge Mealha

Abstract White Apartment / Filipe Borges de Macedo

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Architects: Filipe Borges de Macedo
Location: , Portugal
Budget: 79,000 €
Project area: 220 sqm
Photographs: Filipe Borges de Macedo

Musealization of the Archaeological Site of Praça Nova of São Jorge Castle / JLCG Arquitectos

FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra

Architect: João Luís Carrilho da Graça
Location: ,
Landscape Architect: João Gomes da Silva
Project Team: Francisco Freire, Vasco Melo, Pedro Abreu, Monica Ravazzolo, architects; Paulo Barreto and Vanda Neto, models
Foundations and Structures: Estudos Betar / José Pedro Venâncio and Paulo Mendonça
Water Installations: Estudos Betar / Marta Azevedo and Jorge Pinheiro
Electrical Installations: Ruben Sobral
Security Installations: GIPIC – Alexandre Martins
Graphic Design: Henrique Cayatte, Mónica Lameiro and Pedro Gonçalves
Project Area: 3,500 sqm
Budget: 1,000,000 €
Project Year: 2008-2010
Photographs: FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra

Caetano & Assis House / Ana de Bastos + Filipe Xavier Oliveira

© FG+SG – , Sergio Guerra

Architects: Ana de Bastos + Filipe Xavier Oliveira
Location: Santa Maria Da Feira,
Infra-structures and Structures: António Bastos, António José Oliveira, Luís Filipe Pinho
Photographs: FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra

Archeological Interpretation Center / Norvia

© Nelson Garrido

Careful attention was paid to how a visitor would access the building, therefore it is limited to only a winding pedestrian pathway aimed to observe the site and buildings relationship with the extraordinary Tua River valley. Located in , the Archeological Interpretation Center camouflages itself within the landscape while providing the necessary reception of visitors.

More about this project including photographs following the break.

Architects: Norvia-Consultores de Engenharia SA
Location: Murca, Portugal
Lead Designer: Paulo Alexandre Gomes Fernandes
Engineering: Norvia-Consultores de Engenharia SA
Photographs: Nelson Garrido

AD Photographers: Joao Morgado

Call Center in Santo Tirso / Aires Mateus

In our AD Photographers section we are now featuring portuguese photographer Joao Morgado. Born in 1985, he has made his photographer career during the last 4 years, working regularly with offices from , Spain, Netherlands and Italy.

1. When and how did you start photographing architecture?

I always had a passion about photography but it became more intense during my studies in architecture.

Through that time, i visited a lot of buildings and i spent several hours a day in libraries absorbing architecture and somehow i missed something from the photos of the buildings i have visited before. Since then i became more and more interested, not only in my own point of view, but specially in the truth of architecture.

A couple of months later, i had an invitation from an editor to photograph buildings of three respect Portuguese architects for a yearbook publication: Aires Mateus, Promontorio and Menos é Mais.

Dark Rift / Oglo + PPil

© Emmanuel de France

French architects Oglo + PPil shared with us their project ‘Dark Rift’, for which they received 2nd Public Prize in the Ponte de Lima International Garden Festival in . More images and architect’s description after the break.

Apartment JSJ / Filipe Melo Oliveira

© Joao Morgado

Architect Filipe Melo Oliveira was faced with the design problem of  transforming an outdated apartment from the early ’90s into an updated functional dwelling.  The existing conditions of the apartment contained spectacular views of Monsanto and the Tagus river.  This became a focal point to highlight during the redesign, along with improvements in acoustic and thermal comfort.   Follow the break for more photographs of these thoughtfully redesigned interior spaces.

Architects: Filipe Melo Oliveira
Location: ,
Project Area: 143 sqm
Project Year: 2009-2010
Photographs: João Morgado