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Architects: Floret
- Area: 1078 m²
- Year: 2019
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Photographs:Ivo Tavares Studio
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Manufacturers: AutoDesk, BANG & OLUFSEN, Bisazza, CIN, Diasen, Fassa Bortolo, J. Pinto Leitão, Orona Pecres, PADIMAT, Vicaima, Wedi
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Lead Architect: Adriana Floret
Text description provided by the architects. The reconstitution of the timeline shows that, in fact, we are not facing a building, but two buildings that have evolved into a single building. The initial building may have been erected in the late 14th or 15th centuries. Surely, it could only have been erected only after the "opening" of Rua Nova, or Rua Formosa (now Rua do Infante), ordered by D. João I (1357-1433). During the period “almadino” gained this neoclassical facade. In the twentieth century, the pair Carlos Loureiro and Padua Ramos designed a modernist staircase of extreme elegance. When it came to us, all we had to do was to respect all these layers that had struck a remarkable balance there. It was a bank. Before that, there were many things: offices, insurance firms, warehouse. Someone's house in the early days. Now it's a hotel. We do not know tomorrow.
