Porto: The Latest Architecture and News

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• Architects

  Gonçalo Queirós Carvalho Architecto

• Location

  R. do Ateneu Comercial do Porto 10, 4000-248 Porto, Portugal

• Category

  Adaptive reuse

• Area

  2955.0 m2

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  Tiago Casanova, João Brandão Ilustrations, João Tuna

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• Architect

  Guilherme Machado Vaz

• Location

  Porto, Portugal

• Category

  Houses

• Area

  179.0 sqm

• Project Year

  2017

• Photographs

  Luís Ferreira Alves

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• Architects

  MiMool Arquitectura & Design de Interiores

• Location

  Rua da Alegria 685-689, 4000-046 Porto, Portugal

• Category

  Residential

• Lead Architects

  Fábio Milhazes, Rui Loureiro

• Engineering

  Nuno Torres e Nuno Midões Engenharia

• Area

  8180.57 ft2

• Project Year

  2019

• Photographs

  Ivo Tavares Studio

Eduardo Souto de Moura (born 25 July 1952), the Portuguese architect that won the 2011 Pritzker Prize, is known for designs that are formally simple yet serious and at times, dramatic, created through his thoughtful use of colors and materials. His architecture is both versatile and consistent, contextual yet universal, and rarely affected by current trends or styles.

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• Architects

  Pedro Vasco Ferreira Architecture Studio

• Location

  Largo do Campo Lindo, 4200-142 Porto, Portugal

• Category

  Residential

• Project Year

  2019

• Photographs

  João Morgado

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• Architects

  Pablo Pita Arquitectos

• Location

  Porto, Portugal

• Category

  Apartment interiors

• Design Team

  Pablo Rebelo . Pedro Pita . Catarina Alegria

• Photographs

  José Campos

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• Architects

  Alexandre Loureiro Architecture Studio

• Location

  Porto, Portugal

• Category

  Renovation

• Lead Architects

  Alexandre Loureiro

• Area

  3422.92 ft2

• Project Year

  2016

• Photographs

  Alexander Bogorodskiy

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• Architects

  CREA

• Location

  Porto, Portugal

• Category

  Extension

• Lead Architect

  André Camelo

• Collaborator

  Bruno Soares

• Area

  2561.8 ft2

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  António Ataide

This phrase caught my eye during Diébédo Francis Kéré's speech at the AAICO (Architecture and Art International Congress), which took place in Porto, Portugal from September 3 to 8. After being introduced by none other than Eduardo Souto de Moura, Kéré began his speech with the simplicity and humility that guides his work. His best-known works were built in remote places, where materials are scarce and the workforce is of the residents themselves, using local resources and techniques.

Kengo Kuma and Associates, in collaboration with OODA, have won a competition for the redevelopment of an old industrial slaughterhouse in Porto. The competition was launched in 2017 to transform the building, now abandoned for 20 years, into an anchor for social interaction, while maintaining the memory of the early 20th-century building.

The scheme seeks to reconnect the previously important structure with the city center, through interventions such as a bridge linking the site with a nearby metro station. Meanwhile, a vernacular roof stretching across the entire site unites old and new, under which sits a museum, library, performance space, art archive, and creative laboratory. 

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• Architects

  fala

• Location

  Porto, Portugal

• Category

  Renovation

• Team

  Filipe Magalhães, Ana Luisa Soares, Ahmed Belkhodja, Rute Peixoto, Lera Samovich, Paulo Sousa

• Project Year

  2017

• Photographs

  Ricardo Loureiro

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• Architects

  Alessandro Pepe Arquitecto

• Location

  Porto, Portugal

• Category

  Houses Interiors

• Area

  360.0 m2

• Project Year

  2016

• Photographs

  Attilio Fiumarella

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• Architects

  Paulo Freitas e Maria João Marques Arquitectos

• Location

  Porto, Portugal

• Category

  Refurbishment

• Lead Architects

  Paulo Freitas, Maria João Marques

• Collaboration

  Andreia Pereira

• Area

  197.0 m2

• Project Year

  2016

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• Architects

  Andreia Garcia Architectural Affairs, Diogo Aguiar Studio

• Location

  R. de Cimo de Vila 68, 4000-169 Porto, Portugal

• Category

  Interiors Architecture

• Design Team

  Diogo Aguiar, Andreia Garcia, Inés Brotons, Daniel Mudrák

• Area

  76.0 m2

• Project Year

  2017

• Photographs

  Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

To avoid hyperrealistic renderings we have witnessed the emergence of other options for architectural representation which seduce the viewer, not for their overwhelming resemblance to reality but rather the opposite, its resemblance to everyday life's textures presented through unpretentious drawings inspired by collage, watercolor, and painting. Digital collage and other similar representation tools have gained more popularity when discussing how architecture can be communicated.