
Lisbon: The Latest Architecture and News
Príncipe Real Apartment / fala
Alcantara Wastewater Treatment Plant Refurbishment / Aires Mateus, Frederico Valsassina, João Nunes

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Architects: Aires Mateus, Frederico Valsassina Arquitectos, João Nunes
- Year: 2011
Curators of Lisbon Architecture Triennale 2016 Announced

The Lisbon Architecture Triennale has announced that its 2016 Curatorial Board will be made up of André Tavares and Diogo Seixas Lopes, architects and directors of the magazine Jornal Arquitectos. José Mateus will serve as the Triennale's Executive President. More info, after the break...
House in Restelo / Leonor Duarte Ferreira + pmc arquitectos - Miguel Passos de Almeida e Carlos Sousa Coelho

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Architects: Leonor Duarte Ferreira, pmc arquitectos - Miguel Passos de Almeida e Carlos Sousa Coelho; Leonor Duarte Ferreira, pmc arquitectos - Miguel Passos de Almeida e Carlos Sousa Coelho
- Year: 2011
Mythos Building / ARX Portugal Arquitectos

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Architects: ARX Portugal Arquitectos
- Area: 15300 m²
- Year: 2012
Pink Street / Jose Adrião Arquitectos
AD Interviews: Francisco Aires Mateus
Aires Mateus - founded by brothers and partners, Manuel and Francisco Aires Mateus - is an acclaimed contemporary practice that upholds the strong tradition of Portuguese architecture. We recently had the chance to interview one of the partners: Francisco Aires Mateus.
PLAYscapes Competition Results Announced

"People tend to forget that play is serious." - David Hockney
PLAYscapes, an international design competition launched earlier this year asking people to "submit a plan or proposal to turn a neglected forgotten part of your city into a playscape," has announced their winning entries. Set up by Building Trust International, the competition called for "professional and student architects and designers from cities around the world to propose ideas which encouraged public interaction and turned redundant city spaces into fun creative places."
Find out more about the winning professional entry from the City of Cape Town, entitled Cape Town Gardens Skatepark, along with the winning student entry from the Lusiada University of Lisbon, entitled Bring a Pal and Have Fun, after the break...
Alvenaria Social Housing Competition Entry / fala atelier

With the challenge of creating a new identity for the "Alvenaria" neighborhood in Lisbon, fala atelier defined a module with variations and multiplications which allowed the dwellings to develop iteratively. As opposed to a static solution, this 2.55m cube module sets ground rules for the organization of the interiors, while providing the flexibility for several possible typologies. More images and architects’ description after the break.
The Andy Warhol Temporary Museum / LIKEarchitects
Crux Pavilion / Pezo von Ellrichshausen

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Architects: Pezo von Ellrichshausen
- Area: 100 m²
- Year: 2013
Paulus Bookshop / Site Specific Arquitectura
KAIROS / Atelier JQTS

- Year: 2012
Critical Distance Kairos Conference

Taking place this coming Friday, June 21st, at 7:00pm, the Critical Distance Kairos Conference is a free event presented by the Lisbon Architecture Triennale and Kairos project. Maurício Pezo and Sofía Von Ellrichshausen, with Pedro Gadanho, will host the event which is followed by the opening of the site-specific installation Crux Pavilion by Pezo Von Ellrichshausen and the launch of a monograph on the studio's work published by A+U magazine. Please RSVP by June Wednesday, June 19th to ana.fernandes@trienaldelisboa.com. For more information, please visit here.
Conference of Architects Maria Manuel Oliveira and João Mendes Ribeiro

Organized by Note Gallery in Lisbon, a platform for dissemination, discussion and debate in architecture in partnership with the Camara Municipal de Lisboa, the conference of architects Maria Manuel Oliveira and João Mendes Ribeiro is part of the exhibition "VIII Bienal Iberoamericana de Arquitectura e Urbanismo". Taking place this Thursday, March 14th, at 9:00pm, architect Maria Manuel Oliveira awarded with the project of Renovação urbana em Guimarães, and architect João Mendes Ribeiro will be awarded the project Reabilitação da Casa do Arco. For more information, please visit here.
Book Presentation & Architects Conference

As part of the VIII Biennial Ibero-American architecture and urbanism exhibition, Note Gallery will be hosting the presentation of the new book "Itenerarios de Arquitectura 06 - Paulo Mendes da Rocha" by Catherine Otondo and José Paulo Gouvea on Wednesday, February 27th. Following the book presentation, the Architects Conference, featuring Cristina Guedes & Francisco de Campos and Ricardo Bak Gordon Architect, both winners of the VIII Bienal Ibero-americana de Arquitectura e Urbanismo, will take place Thursday, February 28th. Both events take place at the Boavista Gallery in Lisbon. For more information, please visit here.
Tranquilidade Insurance Company / Marisa Lima

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Architects: Marisa Lima
- Year: 2012











