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Mountain Shelters / Filipe Pina

Pilar Caballero — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +0000

The Mountain Shelters are part of the “The Vagar Country House” development project in Belmonte, Portugal. The challenge was to create an object that would evoke the imagery of traditional Shepherds’ Shelters, taking advantage of the natural and untamed qualities of the land, which spans nearly 250 hectares.

The Vagar Country House / David Bilo + Filipe Pina

Susanna Moreira — Mon, 18 Sep 2023 14:00:00 +0000

The aim of the project was to enhance the architectural, historical and landscape heritage existing in this small mountain region in the Portuguese countryside, named Cova da Beira, in the town of Belmonte. This was achieved through the restoration and preservation of the buildings and existing landscape, and by respecting their architectural character and natural values, allowing a renewal of the touristic purpose of the complex.

Caldeira House / Filipe Pina

Pilar Caballero — Wed, 29 Mar 2023 10:00:00 +0000

In the historic center of Vila Nova de Foz Coa, the project focuses on the rehabilitation of a devolved building built at the end of the 19th century, transforming it into a single-family dwelling, where historical architectural features are adapted to a contemporary housing reality.

NaMora House / Filipe Pina + David Bilo

Susanna Moreira — Thu, 09 Jun 2022 06:00:00 +0000

Situated in a natural shelter of a valley at the foot of the Serra da Estrela, close to the parish of Gonçalo, in a place also known locally by the name of Mora, this agricultural property has approximately 18ha of area, and is surrounded by a dense pine tree forest.

House in Arco / Filipe Pina

Andreas Luco — Sat, 10 Jul 2021 09:00:00 +0000

A young cosmopolitan couple, an old village house from the rural area of Portugal, abandoned for long, with the beauty, dignity, and potential for volume expansion. A leisure and holiday home, linking the ways of living over time with the different building methods, in a region of long cold winters and short hot summers.

Frei Pedro Building / Filipe Pina

Pilar Caballero — Mon, 05 Oct 2020 10:00:00 +0000

Frei Pedro is a building of only about 40 square meters, which was composed in the past by 3 floors, which despite being in degraded shape, enjoy a very privileged location in the historic city centre of Guarda. The original building, from the end of the nineteenth century, is characteristic of a traditional urban con- struction, with its south front side facing a public space, and its north side opening to a tiny dark damp backyard shared with other buildings.

Gafanha House / Filipe Pina

Andreas Luco — Tue, 05 May 2020 14:00:00 +0000

Located in a small village in the interior of Portugal, at 900m altitude, the Gafanha’s House emerges from the need of rehabilitating an existing building occupied by a family member. Upon requests from the clients and friends, the intervention aims at preserving the whole existing architectural features, as a family legacy of its past. As a result of that, the granite, typical stone of the region, was maintained, and supplemented in its new elements by concrete. The patios have been added as new living spaces.

MCR2 House / Filipe Pina + Maria Ines Costa

Pilar Caballero — Thu, 26 Sep 2019 02:00:00 +0000

Located on the bank of the historical National 18 and with a view over the Serra da Estrela, the old house began by occupying the rocks that rose near the stream that flows through it.

São Francisco / Filipe Pina

Cristobal Rojas — Sat, 30 Dec 2017 02:00:00 +0000

Located in the city centre of Guarda, this is an urban typical house of the first half of the 20th century, presenting 3 sides and a garden.

JA House / Maria Ines Costa + Filipe Pina

Cristian Aguilar — Mon, 20 Oct 2014 01:00:00 +0000

Located on the north-center of Portugal, the house was meant to combine the rural and the urban lifestyle. The lot is surrounded by different types of constructions, consequence of the informal settlements, characteristics of most Portuguese cities neighbourhoods.