Showing posts with label - CASCAIS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label - CASCAIS. Show all posts
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
TILED COLUMN
Casa de Santa Maria, Cascais. Reclaimed tiles and ceiling, and a room shape that is most bizarre. The house was done in two phases, so perhaps the architect was forced to adapt the new wing to the old. Or perhaps he just wanted to pretend like he had to. In any case, he had fun.
Monday, June 11, 2012
Thursday, June 7, 2012
STONE MANTELPIECE
Raul Lino, Casa de Santa Maria, Cascais. The texture of the limestone pieces is softened at the edges and chiseled inside, and this is carried through right down to the moldings.
Saturday, June 2, 2012
LIGHTHOUSE INTERIORS
Farol de Santa Marta, Cascais. Although the lighthouse was subjected to an atrocious "restoration" recently, the interior of the tower itself seems pretty much left untouched - except for the already crumbling plaster on the walls. The floor is composed of encaustic tiles.
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