Architectural Styles

    Soft Portuguese

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    Geographic Presence

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    1940s-1950s

    • Local stone, wood, and clay
    • flowing lines and shapes
    • harmonize with natural surroundings
    • whites, creams, and earthy tones
    • traditional Portuguese elements
    • azulejos (painted ceramic tiles)
    • wrought iron
    • armillary spheres
    • Portugal
    • Former Portuguese Colonies
    • Brazil
    • Mozambique
    • Goa

    Common Building Types

    Landmark buildings

    Historic Accommodation Types

    Accommodation  Examples

    • Courtrooms
    • Town Halls
    • Banks
    • Schools
    • Residential
    • Public
    • hotels
    • resorts
    • Fundação de Serralves Porto
    • Alvaro Siza’s Boa Nova Tea House
    • Casa de Chá da Boa Nova
    • Algarve’s Casa do Vinho
    • Areeiro Square Lisbon
    • Courthouse Castelo Branco
    • Town hall Covilhã
    • Bank Figueira da Foz
    • Primary school, São Brissos
    • Bank branch, Faro
    • Micaelense theater house São Migue
    • Bank of Portugal Funchal
    • Grande Hotel Luso
    • Messias municipal cine-theater, Mealhada
    • Church in Campo de Ourique, Lisbon
    • Vieira do Minho city hall
    • Central bank, Luanda, Angola
    • Maritime Station, Luanda, Angola
    • Telecommunications building Mozambique
    • Mozambican Football Federation
    • Restauradores, Hotel Altis Avenida
    • Hôtel do Luso 
    • Urban Boutique Hotels
    • Coastal & Landscape-Integrated Soft Hotels
    • Adaptive-Reuse Hotels
    • Pousadas & State-Influenced Soft Modernism
    • Contemporary Hotels Continuing the Soft Portuguese Lineage
    • Guesthouses
    • Hotel Bairro Alto
    • Hotel da Baixa
    • Memmo Baleeira
    • Hotel Areias do Seixo
    • Hotel Carrís Porto Ribeira
    • Torel Avantgarde

    Adaptive Reuse

    • Convento do Espinheiro (soft modern interventions)
    • Pousada de Cascais (modern adaptation within historic fabric)
    • Pousada de Santa Marinha
    • Pousada de Viana do Castelo
    • Hotel da Estrela (Lisbon)

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