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On the outskirts of Ílhavo, Portugal, architect Maria Fradinho of the firm FRARI - architecture network recently designed and built her own industrial-inspired home and office using a modern and playful house-within-a-house...

Architects and their clients are often surprised when their visions don't quite align after the initial ideas are transformed into renderings, specs and floor plans...

Lisbon-based architecture firm Aurora Arquitectos has breathed new life into a former leather tannery in the capital of Portugal. Five years in the making, the recently completed apartment refurbishment project turns a single...

When design firms Aurora Arquitectos and Furo were asked to transform an old building in the Portuguese coastal resort town of Cascais into a hip hostel, they had their work cut out for them...

March was a good month for renewable energy in Portugal. The country's monthly clean energy production exceeded demand, according to a report from the Portuguese Renewable Energy Association (APREN) and the Sustainable Earth...

This elegant ephemeral pavilion does double duty as a film venue and sculpture that complements the garden grounds of Portugal’s Serralves Museum. Porto-based Diogo Aguiar Studio designed the architectural object, which...

The Dovecote-Granary in Portugal is a temple in the trees where people can reconnect with nature and themselves. The simple structure stands on the granite foundation of what was once a 19th-century maize granary. Tiago do...

This open and inviting tent-shaped chapel by Plano Humano Arquitectos was designed to take full advantage of the majestic views and natural surroundings of Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal...

The inventive renovation of this house in Ovar, Portugal, balances the past and the present by connecting the main residence with a newer addition using playful patterns and colors...

Portuguese architecture agency depA has hidden a pavilion in plain sight. This camouflaged structure, clad in mirrored panels, appears to disappear into the lush green landscape and houses an impressive artwork for those...

Portuguese street artist Artur Bordalo, known by the moniker Bordalo II, is showing off some bold new street art in an abandoned Lisbon warehouse. Bordalo draws attention to wastefulness by creating massive vibrant animals...

This gorgeous monolithic house in Portugal, designed by Filipe Saraiva Arquitectos, uses modular design to stay true to the simplicity of a child’s drawing of a house...

An outdoor swimming pool with a glass bottom hovers above the second pool of this gorgeous residence in the Portuguese Riviera. Guedes Cruz Arquitectos designed the entire Wall House as a sprawling, open-plan house that embodies...

A 20th century winery has traded barrels of grapes for family gatherings thanks to the efforts of Extrastudio. The Lisbon-based architecture firm transformed the former winery into a light-filled home in Azeitao, a small...

The hammers that make up the carousel’s exterior are a traditional component of the biggest annual party in the city, the Festa de São João do Porto (St...