Porto

The simplification of the way of dwelling of a house that already accused the passage of time

The simplification of the way of dwelling of a house that already accused the passage of time Architects: spaceworkers Location: Porto, Portugal Year: 2016 Area: 3.875 ft²/  360 m² Photo courtesy: Fernando Guerra | FG+SG Description: "The intervention in a semi-detached house, located in a perfectly consolidated urban area...

Transformation of a bakery into a two floor house in the old part of the city of Porto, Portugal

Transformation of a bakery into a two floor house in the old part of the city of Porto, Portugal Architects: Guilherme Machado Vaz Location: Porto, Portugal Year: 2017 Area: 1.926 ft²/ 179 m² Photo courtesy: Luís Ferreira Alves Description: "João's House is a renovation project for a small house...

Redesign of a bourgeois house built in 1925 in Portugal by Floret

Redesign of a bourgeois house built in 1925 in Portugal by Floret Architects: Floret Location: Porto, Portugal Year: 2016 Photo courtesy: Floret Description: "This bourgeois house, built in 1925, has some interesting features that distinguish it from traditional bourgeois Oporto house. First of all, the open sun exposure...

Refurbish an abandoned XIX century bourgeois house and convert it into a set of 5 apartments

Refurbish an abandoned XIX century bourgeois house and convert it into a set of 5 apartments Architects: PF Architecture Studio Location: Porto, Portugal Year: 2016 Area: 4.951 ft²/ 460 m² Photo courtesy: João Morgado Description: "Oporto has been suffering radical cultural and social changes in the last ten years,...

House 2L in a residential neighborhood in Porto by 236 Arquitectos

House 2L in a residential neighborhood in Porto by 236 Arquitectos Architects: 236 Arquitectos Location: Porto, Portugal Year: 2015 Area: 8.073 ft²/ 750 m² Photo courtesy: João Morgado Description: "This is a project for the construction of two houses in a residential neighborhood in Porto. The lot was long, and...

Renovation of Santa Teresa House, a house of the nineteenth century by PF Architecture Studio

Renovation of Santa Teresa House, a house of the nineteenth century by PF Architecture Studio Architects: PF Architecture Studio Location: Porto, Portugal Year: 2013 Area: 1.184 ft²/ 110 m² Photo courtesy: João Morgado Description: "Santa Teresa is a street located in the heart of the reborn Oporto downtown, A...

Touguinhó II Residence by Raulino Silva Arquitecto

Touguinhó II Residence by Raulino Silva Arquitecto Architects: Raulino Silva Arquitecto Location: Porto, Portugal Year: 2012 Photo courtesy: João Morgado Description: In the event that we go up the tight roads to a spot called "Lugar do Monte" (The Mount) in Touguinhó town, we can watch the...

1930 City Lodge by Ren Pepe Arquitetos

1930 City Lodge by Ren Pepe Arquitetos Architects: Ren Pepe Arquitetos Location: Porto, Portugal Year: 2014 Photo courtesy: Attilio Fiumarella Description: 1930 CITY LODGE is a design hotel in the north of Porto city. It has 3 suite rooms and 2 dormitory rooms. Using the original structure of an...

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