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Maria José Marques da Silva (1914-1996) was a Portuguese architect who, like her celebrated father, designed buildings in her native city of Porto. In 1943, she became the first woman to graduate as an architect from the Porto School of Fine Arts .
She Changes, known locally as anémona (the anemone), is a sculpture designed by artist Janet Echelman for the cities of Porto and Matosinhos, Northern Portugal.The installation consists of three steel poles, cables, a 20-ton steel ring and a net structure of varying densities and colors. [1]
The national monuments of Portugal (Portuguese: Monumentos Nacionais) were constructed throughout the Portuguese territory, and the oldest date back to the period of pre-historic settlement of occupation. Subsequently, the region that is today Portugal has been colonized by many civilizations, which have left marks in the territory ...
Piscinas de Marés at Leça da Palmeira, 1959-1973 Marco de Canavezes Church, 1990-1996 Expo'98 pavilion of Portugal with its concrete veil, 1998 Ibere Camargo Foundation, 2008 Museu Nadir Afonso, 2016
Religious buildings and structures in Porto (1 C, 4 P) S. Schools in Porto (1 C, 2 P) Sports venues in Porto (7 P) T. Theatres and concert halls in Porto (7 P)
The stone roof of the central aisle is supported by flying buttresses, making the building one of the first in Portugal to use this architectonic feature. This first Romanesque building has suffered many alterations but the general aspect of the façade has remained romanesque. Inner view of rose window and central aisle of Porto Cathedral.
The number of buildings and architects is large and, because the north of Portugal was spared from the ravages of the 1755 Lisbon earthquake, there is a large number of buildings. A different and more exuberant Baroque style with some Rococo touches, more reminiscent of the style in Central Europe , developed in the northern part of Portugal.
Casa Vicent is a historic building in the civil parish of Santo Ildefonso, in the Portuguese city of Porto.Located in the historic lower town (Portuguese: Baixa), the shop is notable for the Art Nouveau and Rococo elements and undulating forms of its iron facade; it is similar to the facades of the Ourivesaria Cunha and Ourivesaria Reis along the same road, all constructed by the Companhia ...