No País dos Arquitectos is a podcast created by Sara Nunes, who is also behind the architectural film production company Building Pictures. The project aims to introduce the professionals, projects, and stories behind leading contemporary Portuguese architecture. With just over 10 million inhabitants, Portugal presents a highly compelling landscape for the profession, boasting an architectural output that far exceeds what its population or territorial scale might suggest.

In this episode, Sara talks with architect João Maria Trindade about the Garducho Biological Station and the importance of preserving biodiversity. Listen to the full interview and read an excerpt of the transcript below:

Working at the intersection of architectural and social projects, Grupo ][ Fresta was one of the practices recognized by the 2021 IAB Awards in the Urbanism, Planning, and Cities category. The highlighted project proposes a set of infrastructure alongside cultural and community facilities across 12 Guarani and Tupi villages, spread over 24,000 hectares of land south of the country's largest city.

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No País dos Arquitectos is a podcast created by Sara Nunes, who also runs the architectural film production company Building Pictures. The podcast aims to showcase the professionals, projects, and stories behind landmark contemporary Portuguese architecture. With just over 10 million inhabitants, Portugal is a fascinating country when it comes to this professional field, and its architectural output punches far above its population and territorial scale.

In this episode, Sara talks with architect António Cerejeira Fontes, from the firm Cerejeira Fontes Architects, about the Imaculada and Cheia de Graça Chapels in Braga, northern Portugal. Listen to the full interview and read an excerpt of the conversation below:

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The course Architecture and City in Brazil, taught by architect, curator, and professor Guilherme Wisnik, joins the online learning catalog of the Sesc Digital platform starting March 31. Entirely free and open, the self-paced, asynchronous course allows students to watch at their own pace.

No País dos Arquitectos is a podcast created by Sara Nunes, who also runs the architectural film production company Building Pictures. The podcast aims to profile the professionals, projects, and stories behind leading contemporary Portuguese architecture. With just over 10 million inhabitants, Portugal is a fascinating country when it comes to this professional field, and its architectural output far exceeds what its population or territorial scale might suggest.

In this episode, Sara talks with Marcio Kogan, Diana Radomysler, and Suzana Glogowski of Studio MK27 about the use of the muxarabi (wooden latticework) and the influences of Portuguese colonialism and Brazilian modernism on the firm's work. Listen to the full interview and read an excerpt of the conversation below:

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Last week, we announced the 15 finalists for the 2022 Obra do Ano, an award celebrating the best of Portuguese-speaking architecture by inviting our readers to vote for their favorite projects built in Portuguese-speaking countries. The day has come to announce the winners of ODA 2022.

The 2022 Obra do Ano Award is presented by Dornbracht, an internationally renowned brand for kitchen and bathroom products.

No País dos Arquitectos is a podcast created by Sara Nunes, who is also responsible for the architectural film production company Building Pictures. The podcast aims to profile the professionals, projects, and stories behind leading contemporary Portuguese architecture. With just over 10 million inhabitants, Portugal is a fascinating country when it comes to this professional field, and its architectural output far exceeds what its population and territorial scale would suggest.

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No País dos Arquitectos is a podcast created by Sara Nunes, who is also responsible for the architectural film production company Building Pictures. The podcast aims to get to know the professionals, projects, and stories behind contemporary Portuguese architecture of reference. With just over 10 million inhabitants, Portugal is a fascinating country in this professional field, and its architectural output far exceeds what its small population or territorial scale would suggest.

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Portuguese architecture firm Sastudio, in partnership with Icelandic studio Hjark and the firm Landmotun, has won the international design competition for a community center in Hornafjörður, Iceland. This marks the second competition won by the two offices; the first, for a kindergarten in Garðabær, is scheduled to begin construction in May of this year and is expected to be completed by mid-2023.

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No País dos Arquitectos is a podcast created by Sara Nunes, who also runs the architectural film production company Building Pictures. The podcast aims to introduce the professionals, projects, and stories behind contemporary Portuguese architecture. With just over 10 million inhabitants, Portugal is a fascinating country when it comes to this professional field, and its architectural output far exceeds what its population or territorial scale might suggest.

In this episode, Sara talks with Nuno Grande, from the office Pedra Líquida, about Casa do Conto and the Hotel Tipografia do Conto. Listen to the full interview and read an excerpt of the conversation below:

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No País dos Arquitectos is a podcast created by Sara Nunes, who also runs the architecture film production company Building Pictures. The podcast aims to profile the professionals, projects, and stories behind Portugal's leading contemporary architecture. With just over 10 million inhabitants, Portugal is a fascinating country when it comes to this professional field, and its architectural output far exceeds its population or territorial scale.

In this episode, Sara talks with the architects of extrastudio, João Caldeira Ferrão and João Costa Ribeiro, about the Red House project. Listen to the full interview and read an excerpt of the transcript below:

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Two years after receiving the complete archive of Paulo Mendes da Rocha, Portugal's Casa da Arquitectura inaugurated its Digital Building last weekend. Marking the institution's shift toward the inescapable virtual world, the project consists of digitizing the archive accumulated since the organization was founded in 2017.

The Albert Einstein Education and Research Center, the first project in Brazil by Safdie Architects, is nearing completion. Scheduled to open this August, the building—which features spacious garden courtyards that create an urban oasis in the southern zone of São Paulo—will house a new medical school and research facilities for one of the country's most advanced healthcare institutions.

Rio de Janeiro will host the world's largest urban garden, according to the organizers of the Hortas Cariocas program. The municipal government-funded initiative aims to promote "food sovereignty, generating self-sufficiency through organic products, and creating gardens in municipal schools and communities across Rio."

The Metropolitan Region of Campinas is one of Brazil's largest urban centers. With more than three million inhabitants and an annual GDP exceeding R$ 150 billion, it is one of the country's most dynamic economic regions.

Yet, it is also highly vulnerable to climate change. Urban sprawl and the growing demand for water place Campinas on the map of areas with a high risk of water scarcity, according to WRI's Aqueduct tool.

With the goal of getting to know the architects, projects, and stories behind landmark Portuguese architecture, Sara Nunes, from the architectural film production company Building Pictures, launched the podcast No País dos Arquitectos, where she talks with leading figures of contemporary Portuguese architecture. In the first episode of the fourth season, Sara speaks with architect Álvaro Siza Vieira about the expansion project for the Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art.

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"A poet of the vague who designs with ingenious precision." This is how architect and curator Marta Bogéa described Gustavo Utrabo in an essay published in issue 207 of the Spanish magazine El Croquis. Renowned for its meticulous monographs on celebrated architecture firms worldwide, this was the first time the publication has featured a Brazilian architect. This is not, however, the only international accolade on Utrabo's resume: among others, the Children Village in Canuanã—developed in partnership with Marcelo Rosenbaum while a partner at Aleph Zero, alongside Pedro Duschenes— won the 2018 RIBA International Prize and was featured in the British newspaper The Guardian's list of the 25 best works of architecture of the 21st century.

No País dos Arquitectos is a podcast created by Sara Nunes, who is also responsible for the architectural film production company Building Pictures. The podcast aims to introduce the professionals, projects, and stories behind leading contemporary Portuguese architecture. With just over 10 million inhabitants, Portugal is a fascinating country regarding this professional field, and its architectural output far exceeds what its small population and land area might suggest.

In this episode, Sara talks with architect Samuel Gonçalves, from the office SUMMARY, about their project for four kindergartens in Lisbon, prefabrication, and the challenges cities currently face.

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