The obstacle created by the disproportion of the construction site has determined the search for a visual stretch through a formal solution. By taking the building’s own structure and making it visible to the exterior and using a repetition of slim columns in all four facades, it was possible to magnify the building’s height. [...]
The reconstitution of the timeline shows that, in fact, we are not facing a building, but two buildings that have evolved into a single building. The initial building may have been erected in the late 14th or 15th centuries. Surely, it could only have been erected only after the "opening" of Rua Nova, or [...]
The Urbo Business Centre is a building for offices and services located in Matosinhos, in the Metropolitan Area of Porto. Characterized by the single volume, with detached implantation of rectangular geometry, the building is inserted in a corner plot with about 6000m2. With a total construction area of 25600m2, the building comprises a total [...]
In the middle of Porto, Rem Koolhaas built this concert hall in 2005 in the shape of a concrete and glass meteorite. An exciting building that is essential for architecture lovers, who stirred up their surroundings and sanctioned the new modernity of the Portuguese city. © Casa da Musica In 2001, Porto [...]
