CEILING FIXTURE / STONE FLOOR

Garagem Passos Manuel, Porto  (1937 - Architect Mário Abreu)

WOOD FIREPLACE

Private House, Rua do Rosário, Porto

VISUAL ANALOG SCALE

Scale "Ancora", Manufacted by Manuel Ferraz, Porto

BRASS DOOR HANDLE

 

Garagem Passos Manuel, Porto  (1937 - Architect Mário Abreu)

LIGHT FIXTURE

 

Garagem Passos Manuel, Porto  (1937 - Architect Mário Abreu)

PLASTER TEXTURE

Garagem Passos Manuel, Porto  (1937 - Architect Mário Abreu)

30's STAIRS

Garagem Passos Manuel, Porto  (1937 - Architect Mário Abreu)

WALL LAMP

Mercado do Bolhão, Porto

GUTTER BRACKET

Mercado do Bolhão, Porto

STAIRCASE

Mercado do Bolhão, Porto (1914)

REBUÇADOS VITÓRIA

Here's one page of the famous sticker albums from the 60's / 70's, from the Porto factory "Fábrica de Confeitaria Vitória". The page above is from the zoological collection, which had 200 animal stickers, between fish, insects, reptiles, mammals, etc. Apparently the most difficult to find were the cod fish, the guinea pig and the goatling. More information here.

TRIUMPH OF THE BAROQUE

This is the bigger sister of the previously posted fountain in Guarda. And how much bigger! This fantastical concoction of mythological beings dominates the top of a hill overlooking the city. The architecture seems practically pulverized in mermaids's tails, wavy capitals and tentacle-scrolls, but nonetheless there is a strong design structure underneath. As mentioned this was part of an estate which disappeared long ago and then was integrated into a monotonous fascist piazza/garden.

CERAMIC LIGHT FIXTURE

Private House, Rua do Rosário, Porto

FAUCET

Private house, Rua do Rosário, Porto

FOUNTAIN

This baroque fountain is in Guarda. It was moved here from an estate in nearby Vela. The estate is long gone, but this and its bigger sister fountain (to be published here soon) make formidable souvenirs. The setting is a stark fascist/protomodern park without any grace nor much beauty, but it places the wonderful objects in the limelight.

DOOR HANDLE

Private House, Rua do Rosário, Porto

THE DARK DOOR OPENING

Mafra, National Palace, inside the main church. João Frederico Ludovice, German and trained in Italy, was the architect.

STONE MADNESS II

Side Chapel, Church of São Roque, Lisbon. The intarsia work is stone madness at its best, but compared to the Chapel of S. João Baptista, in the same church, the overall design result seems rough and naive.

DORMER

Bigger than any regular dormer, this attic storey in Régua has several charming features - the roof tiles, of the "canudo" type at the eaves and "marselha" everywhere else; the eaves themselves, of wood with projecting brackets; the gently swooping wood corners, made into pilasters by the addition of a simple molding at the top; and the door opening with a bizarre yet elegant combination of lattice vs minimal railing, all in wrought iron. The walls are "tabique": lime plaster over timber lath, on two layers of wood board sheathing placed at a different angle to each other; these in fact act as structure for a very thin and cheap traditional wall construction.

TILES

Private house, Braga. This is the last (for now) post on the wall tiles of Braga, from the 18th to the 2oth centuries. The geometric patterns are simple and the colors are bright.

TILES

Private house, Braga

TILES

Private House, Braga

COFFERED WOOD CEILING

The coffered ceiling came from an 18th century church nearby. Casa de Santa Maria, Cascais

CARAVEL PAINTED CEILING

Casa de Santa Maria, Cascais