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Instituto CUF Porto

Ricardo Campos Costa and Valério Leite who were the original authors of the concept had a clear objective in mind “Create a benchmark, A new building and service concept”.Previous experience...

Burgo Tower

in Architecture by Souto de Moura - Arquitectos
  contributed by 128 miesvanderrohe, 9 July 2009
The site is located where Boavista avenue breaks into discontinuous sections.The solution consists in a level platform which incorporates two nearby volumes which re cast in different scales.A low...

Oporto Metro

in Architecture by Eduardo Soto de Moura
  contributed by 128 miesvanderrohe, 12 November 2009
The Metro and the City The surface light rail system glides smoothly over ground on two steel rails, making hardly any sound. The laying of the track is dictated by a closed circuit...

Passeio Atlantico

in Architecture by Manuel de Solà-Morales
  contributed by 128 miesvanderrohe, 3 November 2009
The Atlantic coast of Porto is like a strip firrnly implanted, in which the multiple traverse furrows of the sea are reduced by the city, with its great alignments of rectilinear avenues, façades...

Antas Urban Project

in Architecture by Risco SA
contributed by 128 miesvanderrohe, 23 September 2009
The Antas Urban Project falls upon an area that can be designated as an urban void of Porto partially occupied by old sport facilities, obsolete industrial units and abandoned interstitial spaces,...

Douro's Place

The building is located in the city of Oporto, Portugal, along the Douro river bank since 1939. Originally organized by two autonomous bodies connected by a common boxed staircase, the 1.950 m2 plot...