Portugal
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Vasco Fragoso Mendes
In Australia, Vasco Fragoso Mendes combined top-level rugby with architecture. It was here that he found his inner self in a visceral language of architecture, design and carpentry, embodied in objects of profound humanity. -
A dive into the deepest Alentejo
In Grândola, surrounded by the Alentejo province yet emerging from the horizontal landscape, Casa Azul, which embraces an earthy colour, is all about poetry, art and mindfulness. The architectural project is by Ricardo Bak Gordon. -
The Other Side
Our childhood memories contain within them a unique load of dreams entangled with memories of lives within lives. -
Ancestral Renewal
A space nestling in the midst of nature, where the owner is committed to harvesting the fruit planted by previous generations. -
TREE OF LIFE
In the interiors of this home, the appeal to a distant, yet omnipresent past pervades the walls bearing witness to family affections and collective memories. -
Iva Viana
She studied Sculpture at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Porto and fate would have it that she would fall in love with stucco and learn to work it like few others can. From Viana do Castelo to the world, Iva Viana takes a contemporary look at the material and its techniques, while working in harmony with the past. -
Evy Jokhova
Evy Jokhova is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice engages with relationships between social anthropology, architecture, philosophy and art. -
A CREATIVE SPIRIT
While mutation might be a constant, the premises of being a home, a gallery, a workshop and laboratory for research all in one place prevail here. -
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Burnt Cork, Made in Situ
Following the Barro Negro collection, a disconcerting symbiosis combining the talent of Portuguese artisanship with a poignant aesthetic, now Burnt Cork pays tribute to Portuguese cork, offering “an ode to the resilience of the material, the people and the production process.” -
Body and soul
There can be no greater harmony than when art becomes intertwined with life without ever becoming matter, simply an essential condition for our transformation.
