The most inspiring construction site ever

July 12th, 2010

The bar and restaurant in the Polvoeira beach, just North of Lisbon, on the Western shoreline of Portugal, is near completion. A tight and stressful schedule of site meetings started on March and is expect to end on August. Nevertheless, this stretch of sand is the most inspiring construction site we ever experienced. The wideness of the space always surprises us, either if is a misty morning, a sunny afternoon or a smooth dusk. We will never forget that the landscape is always a part of the architecture.

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Young architects awarded abroad

July 6th, 2010

As we previously posted, the Portuguese Architects Association (Ordem dos Arquitectos), joined a group young architects to present their recent achievements abroad. The session was hosted last friday at the MUDE Design Museum by Cristina Veríssimo and commented by Jorge Spencer, curiously both former teachers of ours from the university.

The young and gifted João Prates Ruivo, now working in Athens, presented his winning scheme for the UPTO35 competition. Ivo Henriques and Florencia Grieco, from Barcelona, showed the awarded renovation of their own office. Nuno Valentim amazed the audience with his cirurgical design for a jesuit chapel in Oporto, that won an ENOR award.

Lighting workshop in London

July 5th, 2010

EXTRASTUDIO was invited by Detail magazine to a workshop held June 30th and July 1st in London. Among other participating practices were Raiser Lopes from Stuttgart, Dan Pearlman from Berlin, Ramseier and Associates from Zurich, Formstelle from Munich, Atelier LEK from Rotterdam, Riegler Riewe from Graz, Liganova from Stuttgart, and Schmidhuber + Partner from Munich, that designed the German Pavilion at the Expo in Shanghai.

Sandra Hofmeister, a journalist that publishes at DAMn, Frame and Mark magazines, moderated the workshop, hosted at the Wapping project. Philips fueled the debate with new lightning technologies and commercial trends.

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JOVENS ARQUITECTOS PREMIADOS INTERNACIONALMENTE

July 2nd, 2010

A Ordem dos Arquitectos convidou jovens arquitectos para participar num CICLO DE CONFERÊNCIAS JOVENS ARQUITECTOS PREMIADOS INTERNACIONALMENTE no MUDE em Lisboa, às 18h.

Este ciclo é comissariado pela Arquitecta Cristina Veríssimo e vai contar hoje com a presença do EXTRASTUDIO, entre outros.

Habitar Portugal 06/08 | London Festival of Architecture

June 24th, 2010

Portuguese Architects Association (Ordem dos Arquitectos) and the London Festival of Architecture are pleased to invite you to the exhibition made in the frame of the International Architecture Showcase, and initiated by the Portuguese Embassy in London, Habitar Portugal 2006/2008, exhibition of Portuguese Architecture.

Opening 25 June 2010 at 8 pm - 4 July 2010