fala   Portugal   Like an open box of sorts, a single-family dwelling breaks the predictability of a peripheral neighborhood through a roof where a curved gable and a straight one converge inverted, violating the most basic of architectural conventions. Resting on a g

Álvaro Siza   Portugal   In establishing its foundation, Porto’s most famous bookshop makes one of the country’s earliest constructions coexist with a sculptural pavilion that echoes its volumes on a contemporary note. The premises were reconstructed in the 20th century unde

Eduardo Souto de Moura   Portugal   The transformation of the old docks of the peaceful Atlantic estuary of Matosinhos, near Porto, in the lively port of Leixões, changed the character of the area, which gradually took shape as a dormitory town. This complex of ten courtyard-houses has

Luis Fernández-Galiano   Álvaro Siza   I was born in Matosinhos, in 1933, into a large family. We were five siblings, common at the time, and twelve people living at home, starting with my grandmother, who had come from Brazil as a widow with six children. We ate all together and converse