MODERN WAREHOUSE

Cacela Velha, Praia da Fábrica, Faro

On site - painting the office

Traditional pigments to mix in the paint, for a final color that we still don't quite know. Bought right at our doorstep, in Porto, on an old street known also for its prostitutes!

PORTUGUESE FRENCH DUTCH DOOR

Private House, Tavira.
The seams over the bottom panels tell us the door leaves open independently, like a Dutch door with a French door look. The bottom panels are simple flat beads, and the glazing bars are profiled like tiny balusters. A vertical beadboard shutter is visible in the transom. Tavira is great!

XVIII CENTURY TILES

Antiques Store, Faro

On site - Covilhã

The center is a de Chrico dream, this piazza a street art baroque delirium.

WINDOW

Igreja do Antigo Convento de São Francisco, Tavira

MODERNE HEATER

The floor heater at Casa de Serralves, in Porto, is a piece of sculpture in polished brass erupting out of the marble floor. You can almost believe it could actually move up and down, complete with the top floor piece still attached. As always, perfect design and execution in Porto's greatest gesamtkunstverk, with the Ruhlmann interiors beautifully complementing Marques da Silva's architecture. Pity it didn't last like that to our days, and the now spartan white-painted interiors are somewhat used for performances or installations, but the hard surfaces and fixtures still remain as testament to less utilitarian and pseudo-minimalist times.

OVAL WINDOW

Private House, Faro

Lost Paradise

The valley of Almofala, Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo.
This is only half Old Portuguese Stuff, as the right bank of the river (as seen in the photos) is already Spanish territory. But Man-made divisions aside, stark Nature here rules absolute, with the river flowing gently by and vultures crossing above to nest. A small chapel and a columbarium rest above the remains of a castrum, a native settlement before and during Roman occupation perched atop the hill.

Cloisters, Viseu

Sé de Viseu, the cloisters.