Portuguese Architecture

Bom Jesus (Braga)

Castelo de Guimarães

Convento de Cristo (Tomar)

Palácio da Regaleira (Sintra)

Palácio da Pena (Sintra)

Mosteiros dos Jerónimos (Lisboa)

Mosteiro da Batalha

Mosteiro de Alcobaça

Mosteiro de Tibães (Braga)

Ponte Dão Luís (OPorto)

Arco da Porta Nova (Braga)

Sé Catedral (OPorto)

Arco da Rua Augusta (Lisboa)

Sé Catedral (Braga)

Solar de Mateus (Vila Real)

Templo de Diana (Évora)

Teatro Circo (Braga)

Torre dos Clérigos (OPorto)

Torre de Belém (Lisboa)

Igreja do Convento do Carmo (Lisboa)

Castelo São Jorge (Lisboa)

We have seen pictures about

our architecture

Now we will talk about the moderns architects

PORTUGUESE ARCHITECTS

PORTUGUESE ARCHITECTS

SIZA VIEIRA

Major Works:•Tea House - Boa Nova

•Swimming Pool of Leça da

Palmeira

•Church of Marco de

Canaveses.

•Galician Centre of

Contemporary Art

•Serralves Museum

•Faculty of Information-

Santiago de Compostela.

•Portugal Pavilion at Expo 98.

BIOGRAPHY

He began his professional life in 1955. He graduated from School of

“Belas Artes” in Oporto. In 1988, he won the awards from Alvar Aalto

and Mies van der Rohe foundations. In 1992 he won the Pritzker Prize,

the Nobel of architecture. In Portugal he won Secil Architecture Prize

(1996); the International Medal of Arts (2002); and the Golden Lion,

award of the Venice Biennale, in 2012.

SIZA VIEIRAPavilion of Portugal - Lisbon

SIZA VIEIRAMUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART OF SERRALVES -PORTO

EDUARDO SOUTO MOURA

MAJOR WORKS

•House of Arts in Oporto

•Portugal Pavilion at Expo

2000

•Braga Municipal Stadium

•Burgo Tower

• Oporto Underground

•Paula Rego House of

Stories

•Manoel de Oliveira House

of Cinema

BIOGRAPHY

It is one of the most international and renowned Portuguese architects.

His work falls with in the context of the “School of Oporto”, alongside

names like Fernando Távora or Siza Vieira. Among many awards he has

won Pessoa Prize in 1998 and Secil Prize in 2004, for the design of Braga

Stadium. He received the Pritzker Prize, the "Nobel” of architecture , in

2011.

EDUARDO SOUTO MOURAFOOTBALL STADIUM IN BRAGA

EDUARDO SOUTO MOURAFOOTBALL STADIUM IN BRAGA

MANUEL SALGADO

MAJOR WORKS

•Higher School of Theatre

and Film in Amadora

•Professional School of

Setúbal

•Rehabilitation of Feira de S.

Mateus in Viseu.

• Antas Metro Station and

Dragão Stadium in Oporto

•Antas masterplan

BIOGRAPHY

He graduated from the School of “Belas Artes” of Lisbon in 1966. He

won Valmor prize in 1980, for an Office Building in Lisbon. With Vittorio

Gregotti (an important Italian architect) he won the contest for Centro

Cultural de Belém, in Lisbon, in 1989, project that was then completed

in 1992. He was responsible for the master plan of Expo‘ 98.

MANUEL SALGADOESTÁDIO DO DRAGÃO FOOTBALL STADIUM IN OPORTO

MANUEL SALGADOFOOTBALL STADIUM IN OPORTO

ALCINO SOUTINHO

MAJOR WORKS

•Pousada D. Dinis, Vila Nova

de Cerveira.

•Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso

Museum , Amarante.

•Chamber Hall of

Matosinhos, Matosinhos.

•Florbela Espanca Library,

Matosinhos.

•Quinta das Sedas (Silks),

Senhora da Hora.

•Bom Sucesso Resort.

BIOGRAPHY

He graduated from the School of “Belas Artes” of Oporto in 1957. He

was a teacher at “Escola Superior de Belas-Artes do Porto”, since

1973 and at the “Faculdade de Arquitetura da Universidade do Porto-

FAUP”. In 1982, . In 1992 he won the prize "Europa Nostra”. With the

design of the new Town Hall of Matosinhos, he gets national and

international acclaim.

ALCINO SOUTINHOFLORBELA ESPANCA LIBRARY - Matosinhos

CARRILHO DA GRAÇA

MAJOR WORKS

•Pedestrian bridge in Ribeira

da Carpinteira.

•Church of St. Anthony,

Portalegre.

•Orient Museum, Lisbon.

•School of Music, Lisbon.

•Knowledge of the Seas

Pavilion, Expo 98, Lisbon.

•Pousada Flor da Rosa,

Crato

BIOGRAPHY

He is the author of some of the most qualified pieces of work of the

Portuguese Modern Architecture. He received many awards in Portugal

and outside his country. He was guest professor to give lectures about

his works in the universities of Barcelona, Lisbon, Rome, Milan, Verona,

City of Mexico, Viena, and Oporto.

CARRILHO DA GRAÇAPAVILION OF KNOWLEDGE - Lisbon

CARRILHO DA GRAÇAPAVILION OF KNOWLEDGE - Lisbon

AIRES MATEUS

MAJOR WORKS

•Library and Arts Centre,

Sines

• Grand Canal Square

Hotel and Residence

•Nursing Home, Alcácer do

Sal.

•Elementary House,

Grândola

•Student house at

University of Coimbra.

BIOGRAPHY

The brothers Manuel and Francisco Aires Mateus founded their studio

in 1988. Both brothers teach at the Autonomous University of Lisbon

and at the Academia of Architettura di Mendrizio, in Switzerland.

They won the Mies van der Rohe Prize, the Contemporary Architecture

Prize in 2007 and the Ibero American Biennial of Architecture.

AIRES MATEUSNURSING HOME - Alcácer do Sal

GONÇALO BYRNE

MAJOR WORKS

•Estoril Sol Residence ,

Cascais.

•National Museum

Machado de Castro,

Coimbra.

•Conversion of San

Theotonius Hospital in a

Pousada, Viseu.

•Alcobaça Monastery

•CGD Bank, Arraiolos

BIOGRAPHY

He graduated from the School of Belas Artes in Lisbon in 1968. When he

starts working on his own he is greatly influenced by the work of the

Portuguese architect Siza Vieira. He was awarded the National Prize of

Architecture in 1988 and the Great Medal of Gold from the Academy of

Architecture of Paris in 2000. In 2005 he was honoured the Honoris

Causa fromthe Universidade Técnica de Lisboa.

GONÇALO BYRNEESTORIL SOL RESIDENCE - Cascais

MANUEL GRAÇA DIAS

MAJOR WORKS

•Salgueiral Residence,

Guimarães

•Office Complex, Vila Verde

•Campus Universitário

Monte da Caparica, Almada

•Complexo Golfinho, Chaves

•Porta Sul e Torre de

Cracking da Expo'98, Lisboa

•Escola de musica, artes e

ofícios de Chaves

BIOGRAPHY

He has developed a vast academic activity since 1985 not only in the

College of Architecture of the University of Oporto(FAUP), but also in

Facoltá di Architettura do Politecnico di Milano. He is totally engaged in

the criticism and expanding of architecture and so he is a regular

presence in conferences, seminars and exihibitions. He has also been

the creator of several projects and his work is vast and recognized.

MANUEL GRAÇA DIAS

Office Complex - Vila Verde, Braga

The best world’s house in 2011 is Portuguese

The MIMA HOUSE, designed by the Portuguese architects Mario Sousa Brandão and Marta has won the "Building of the Year" in the category "Houses", assigned by ArchDaily, one of the most respected international architectural sites.

These architects work in Switzerland with the famous Pritzker architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron.

MIMA HOUSE

Younger and older architects make Portugal a worthwhile

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