Art, architecture and travel in Portugal

Find serenity at Casa Fortunato, a Portuguese bolthole filled with light

Design-savvy duo Antonio Falcáo Costa Lopes and Filipa Fortunato chose Alcácer do Sal as the perfect setting for the second iteration of their original Casa Fortunato

By Mary Lussiana Published 2 September 24

Gulbenkian Foundation's new art centre by Kengo Kuma is light and inviting

Lisbon's Gulbenkian Foundation reveals its redesign and new contemporary art museum, Centro de Arte Moderna (CAM), by Kengo Kuma with landscape architects VDLA

By Amah-Rose Mcknight Abrams Published 19 August 24

Discover Locke de Santa Joana: a restored convent turned Lisbon hotel catering to ‘creative, Bohemian aficionados’

Born from the restoration of an old convent, Locke de Santa Joana has been redesigned by Post Company and Lázaro Rosa Violán into a design-led city break

By Mary Lussiana Published 7 August 24

City Cortex celebrates cork’s versatility with public installations in Lisbon

City Cortex, an urban project in Lisbon developed by Amorim, celebrates cork as a sustainable material with installations by Gabriel Calatrava, Leong Leong, Yves Behar and more

By Nana Ama Owusu-Ansah Published 12 June 24

The Rebello is a chic hotel with an industrial past on Porto’s riverside

Transforming industrial buildings on the Douro river, The Rebello is a new hotel ‘with an old soul’

By Rupert Eden Published 24 May 24

Casa e a Pedra is a Porto home emerging from a rocky context

Casa e a Pedra by architect François Leite is an urban residential reinvention in Porto, Portugal

By Ellie Stathaki Published 8 April 24

Álvaro Siza Wing expands archive and exhibition space in Porto’s Museu Serralves

Álvaro Siza returns to Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art in Porto, crafting his namesake new wing that just opened to the public

By Josh Fenton Published 8 March 24

This Portuguese Pavilion in the Garden is a dramatic space for entertaining

Pavilion in the Garden by Spaceworkers is an event space in Portugal, opening up to its leafy setting through dramatic, minimalist architecture

By Ellie Stathaki Published 7 March 24

Casa M is a climate-sensitive home in Portugal’s Algarve

Casa M, an urban home in the Algarve, makes the most of local techniques and the region’s climate in a design by its owners, Portuguese architects A-Lab Architecture

By Stacy Suaya Published 13 January 24

The Algarve welcomes Austa, an all-day kitchen in touch with its heritage

From breakfast to dinner, Austa embraces honest eating and local community

By Tianna Williams Published 4 December 23

This coastal Comporta home relaxes into its breezy context

Inspired by wild beaches, a Comporta home by dEMM arquitectura is designed to provide a slice of secluded paradise

By Tianna Williams Published 18 November 23

Faro Modernism Weekend 2023: this year’s can’t-miss additions

Faro Modernism Weekend 2023 launches, offering access to lesser known gems of the region and celebrating five entirely new entries to its programme

By Stacy Suaya Published 9 November 23

Blackbird is a luxurious Algarve home all about craft, drama and 'barefoot luxury'

Blackbird by Odos Architects is a luxurious, architectural home in Portugal's Algarve region - and it marks the launch of the studio's developer sister brand, Maroochy

By Ellie Stathaki Published 29 October 23

Gabriel Tan launches Experimental Editions, embracing the beauty of imperfection

Experimental Editions is a new initiative born from Gabriel Tan's Origin Made with the aim of elevating the artisanal process

By Giovanna Dunmall Published 28 September 23

Marqí hotel brings a minimalist 1970s feel to Portugal’s Sintra coast

Danish duo Mikkel Kristensen and architect Mikas Emil’s mansion conversion offers dreamy, cinematic escapism at Marqí, a secluded boutique hotel

By Jessica Kelham-Hohler Published 28 August 23

Portugal’s newest holiday home is far from the madding crowds

Peace and tranquillity reign at the latest Portuguese holiday home by The Addresses

By Hannah Silver Published 7 May 23

Mircea Anghel experiments with new materials, designs and possibilities from his vast studio in rural Portugal

We visit Mircea Anghel at his Alentejo, Portugal, studio and workshop to discover his gravity-defying, experimental works (on view until 31 August 2023)

By Helena Amante Published 4 May 23

Roll up! It‘s the Faro Modernist Weekend’s inaugural edition

Faro Modernist Weekend, a festival dedicated to mid-century architectural delights in the Portugal’s Algarve, has just launched its first iteration

By Stacy Suaya Last updated 28 November 22

Deep Impact: Portugal’s newest hotel is buried under the earth’s surface

Architect Manuel Aires Mateus masterminds the fifth property to join the Silent Living collection

By Lauren Ho Last updated 4 November 22

Pa.te.os hotel in Portugal is a concrete love affair with Alentejo

Pa.te.os hotel by Aires Mateus is set in the Alentejo landscape in Portugal and celebrates the blend of concrete and nature

By Jessica Rose Last updated 3 November 22

The first of 12 Solo Houses is completed in Spain

By Maya Sorabjee Last updated 28 October 22

A tour of 'Close, Closer': the 2013 Lisbon Architecture Triennale

By Ellie Stathaki Last updated 27 October 22

Future Architecture Thinking designs the flame-red House of the Arts in Miranda do Corvo

By Jonathan Bell Last updated 26 October 22

Inside Casa do Passadiço’s dynamic new interior boutique in Lisbon

By Sujata Burman Last updated 26 October 22