Portuguese Architecture
Architecture and design work from Portugal, spanning residential, educational and vernacular projects across Porto, the Algarve and Alqueva.
23 SUL Digs Down and Opens Up a São Paulo House Instead of Stacking a Second Story on Top
In São Paulo, 23 SUL exposes timber trusses, strips old brick and excavates a meter into the ground to grow a one-story house without adding a floor.
Alan Chu Rings a Cerrado Hilltop Clearing with a Timber Sunset Pavilion in São Jorge, Brazil
In São Jorge, Brazil, a 57-metre ring of deck and roof hovers on slender piles around a sandy void, framing a sunset ritual the hilltop already hosted.
Ricardo Azevedo Arquitecto Gives a Braga House a Board-Formed Concrete Body and a Hand-Carved Timber Face
In Braga, Portugal, Linha House pairs cantilevered board-formed concrete with carved timber, veined stone and a long, low plan fronting a pool.
Elisa Porto Arquitetura Shades a Low House in Foz do Iguaçu with Block, Stone and Timber Screens
In Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil, Refuge House pairs a thin flat roof with perforated block and timber slat screens to temper sun around a curved pool.
Gonçalo Grácio Refurbishes a 104 m² House Inside the Medieval Walls of Castelo de Vide
In Castelo de Vide, Portugal, a compact whitewashed house is reworked with rough lime and clay plaster, deep window niches and a small rooftop terrace.
Sertão Arquitetos Reworks a 105 m² Mantiqueira House from the Inside, Leaving Its Footprint Untouched
In São Francisco Xavier, Brazil, a renovation absorbs a veranda into a study and lets color, clay and timber do the work an extension would have done.
Luis Canepa Arquitetos Renovates a Praia Preta Beach House Without Erasing Its Stone, Brick and Timber
A 281 m² L-shaped refurbishment in Praia Preta, Brazil, keeps the old house's rubble stone and whitewashed brick while turning it toward sea and sand.
Diogo Aguiar Studio Strings Eight Identical Timber Modules Across a Hillside Above Porto
In the Serras do Porto, a prefabricated timber house of identical sloping modules reads as a small mountain range and lets its program grow.
Ramenzoni House: A Long Brazilian Summer Residence
KA2R Arquitetura designed a 1,400 m² summer house in Bragança Paulista, Brazil that sits as a single long horizontal volume on the hillside.
Cut(outs) House: A Faro Refurbishment by Corpo Atelier
Corpo Atelier kept the facade of a Faro corner house and remade its interior with a new pine roof, a single white pillar, and framed wall cuts.
House in Macieira by Nelson Resende Arquitecto: A Sensitive Transformation Rooted in Context and Materiality
Adaptive reuse house blending wood, glass, and landscape, transforming traditional Portuguese architecture into a warm, open, contemporary living environment.
“Vila Madalena Residence by Gui Mattos: Brutalist Concrete Meets Warm Wooden Interiors in São Paulo”
Vila Madalena Residence by Gui Mattos blends bold concrete forms with warm wooden interiors, embracing São Paulo’s slope in three levels.
