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Designing small spaces is a challenge that is common for architects because of the increase in urban densities and smaller spaces dedicated to homes and apartments. For Portuguese architects, dealing with the small scale and its details is something already established in their project thinking, given the way they transform the compartmentalized plans of secular buildings through rehabilitation and refurbishment that provide a contemporary and functional atmosphere to their inhabitants. We gathered ten projects, using photographs and plans, as a few examples of this Portuguese talent.
Moinho das Fragas / Bruno Dias arquitectura
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![](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5e6a/3ff0/b357/65dc/a700/0113/medium_jpg/p01.jpg?1584021480)
Apartamento Graça / ARRIBA
![](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5e6a/4015/b357/6594/5300/04e8/newsletter/p02a.jpg?1584021519)
![](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5e6a/4009/b357/65dc/a700/0115/medium_jpg/p02.jpg?1584021508)
Tuzzare Apartment / Machado Igreja Arquitectos
![](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5e6a/4044/b357/65dc/a700/0117/newsletter/p03a.jpg?1584021561)
![](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5e6a/4033/b357/65dc/a700/0116/newsletter/p03.jpg?1584021529)
RGM 46 / DC.AD
![](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5e6a/406b/b357/6594/5300/04ea/newsletter/p04a.jpg?1584021600)
![](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5e6a/405e/b357/6594/5300/04e9/newsletter/p04.jpg?1584021576)
Architectural (Dis)Order / Corpo Atelier
![](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5e6a/4098/b357/6594/5300/04eb/newsletter/p05a.jpg?1584021642)
![](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5e6a/4086/b357/65dc/a700/0118/newsletter/p05.jpg?1584021613)
Apartamento Mouraria / ARRIBA
![](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5e6a/40f4/b357/65dc/a700/0119/newsletter/p06a.jpg?1584021739)
![](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5e6a/4188/b357/6594/5300/04f1/newsletter/p06.jpg?1584021887)
Casas do Rou / EZZO
![](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5e6a/4109/b357/65dc/a700/011a/newsletter/p07a.jpg?1584021764)
![](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5e6a/40ff/b357/6594/5300/04ed/newsletter/p07.jpg?1584021751)
The Green House / URBAstudios
![](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5e6a/4127/b357/6594/5300/04ee/newsletter/p08a.jpg?1584021790)
![](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5e6a/4119/b357/65dc/a700/011b/newsletter/p08.jpg?1584021775)
Apartment in Santa Apolonia / SER-ra
![](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5e6a/4208/b357/6594/5300/04f2/newsletter/p09.jpg?1584022004)
![](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5e6a/412e/b357/65dc/a700/011c/medium_jpg/p09a.jpg?1584021801)
Príncipe Real Apartment / fala
![](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5e6a/4150/b357/6594/5300/04f0/newsletter/p10a.jpg?1584021831)
![](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5e6a/4142/b357/6594/5300/04ef/newsletter/p10.jpg?1584021810)