On São Miguel, the largest island in the Azores, SO Arquitetura & Design has produced a dwelling that looks almost carbonized from the street. Black Timber, sited in Santa Barbara, wraps its occupants in charred Japanese cedar, known locally as cryptomeria, which makes up nearly all of the structure and skin. Step through the threshold […] More
Lisbon has no shortage of renovated apartments built around pale walls and quiet furniture. Umber Duplex, designed by the studio ID Concept, takes a different route. Here the restraint is deliberate, but it sits against rich, tactile materials: intensely grained timber, travertine, Berber rugs and African art. The result is a 415 m² home that […] More
Casa Coqueira, designed by Tiago Sousa Architect, explores the relationship between geometry, elevation and spatial organisation through a minimalist architectural approach. The residence takes the form of a transparent, single-storey volume that rises above the terrain, supported by vertical planes extending from the lower portion of the property. Its elevated structure opens views across the […] More
SO Arquitetura & Design approaches Mini Atalhada as an experiment in how little space a complete home actually requires. Located in Atalhada, in the city of Lagoa on the south coast of São Miguel Island in the Azores, the project converts and extends a former storage building with an original footprint of just 13 square […] More
Completed in 2026, the Costa Cabral Building in Porto approaches a narrow and deep urban plot through a close reading of its immediate context. Designed by ENTRETEMPOS + ATA Atelier, with Vitor Preto Fernandes and Tiago Antero as main architects, the project responds to the existing street through height, alignment and construction logic, using these […] More
Located in São João do Estoril, close to Praia da Poça and the coastal route formed by Avenida Marginal, The Frame – Praia da Poça is a residential project by ARX Portugal in co-authorship with Boost Studio. The intervention combines the rehabilitation of an existing 1921 house with the construction of two new semi-detached residences, […] More
Located in Vilamoura, in Portugal’s Algarve region, Casa Colinas by Atelier Data is a 430-square-meter private residence designed around the relationship between privacy, daylight and the surrounding golf-course setting. Positioned on an 870-square-meter plot, the house develops its character through a series of calculated spatial subtractions rather than through overt formal gestures. HOUSING The project […] More
Completed in 2025 in Braga, Portugal, Casa da Linha by Ricardo Azevedo Arquitecto responds to a deceptively difficult site. The brief called for a singular residence conceived as both a future house and a permanent home, yet the plot offered little architectural direction. Flat, regular and positioned along a car-oriented street, it sits within an […] More
Casa Verde, a project by M2 Senos Arquitectos on the Costa Nova do Prado, is a single-family residence positioned close to the beach dunes in an area known for its distinctive palheiros. Originally used as storage structures connected to fishing, these buildings gradually evolved into the brightly striped houses that now define the visual identity […] More
Atelier Sérgio Rebelo designed Quinta de Adorigo Winery in Tabuaço as part of a family wine tourism development in Portugal’s Alto Douro Vinhateiro. A hotel remains under construction within the wider property. UNESCO has recognized the wine-growing area as a World Natural and Cultural Heritage Site since 2001, and the winery responds directly to its […] More
(umtodo) transforms the ruins of a former watermill in Sobral de Monte Agraço, Portugal, into Casa da Azenha, a private residence that retains the site’s historic stone structure while introducing a contemporary dwelling within its boundaries. Completed in 2025, the project follows the footprint of the original mill and uses the surviving masonry as the […] More
Sabrab Architecture designs Casa M Ariane in Melides, Setúbal, as a contemporary retreat shaped by restraint, landscape, and the slower rhythm of the Alentejo. Conceived for an international family seeking a place to unwind, host friends, and live close to nature, the house responds with a discreet architectural language that avoids excess while offering comfort […] More