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post updated 1 October 2026

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Portuguese Houses in 2026

Portuguese Properties in 2026 – chronological:

1 October 2026
G – 5 Houses Chave, Aveiro, Porto, northern Portugal
Architect: SUMMARY

photo : Alexander Bogorodskiy, SUMMARY
The G – 5 Houses project is conceived as a fully prefabricated reinforced-concrete development, using a modular system of panels to form the principal building elements, including façades, roofs and interior partitions.
The standardisation of these components streamlined the construction process while giving the five houses a cohesive and distinctive architectural identity. The prefabricated approach also allowed the project to combine construction efficiency with a strong, consistent design language.

21 September 2026
Casa Âncora Alto Minho, North Portugal
Architecture Office: Tiago Sousa Arquitecto

photograph : Ivo Tavares Studio
This contemporary Portuguese home is conceived as a place of memory, encounter and contemplation. The site originally contained a built structure that had been altered over time to accommodate the needs of successive owners, but had developed little meaningful relationship with its surroundings. Much of the existing building was therefore demolished.

6 August 2026
Between Two White Walls in Vilamour, Faro, southern Portugal
Architects: Data

photo : Nuno Almendra
Responding to its prominent setting, the design balances openness with seclusion through a series of precisely carved volumes, courtyards and framed views. Solid and void are composed to admit daylight deep into the interior while shielding the living spaces from neighbouring properties, creating a tranquil domestic environment that remains closely connected to its landscape.
The architectural composition emphasises clean lines, generous glazing and a restrained material palette, allowing the changing qualities of light and the verdant outlook to define the character of the interiors. By carefully mediating between enclosure and openness, Casa Colinas establishes a contemporary living environment that is both private and deeply engaged with its exceptional Algarve setting.

23 July 2026
Casa da Azenha, Sobral De Monte Agraço, Lisbon Region
Architecture: (umtodo)

photo : Nuno Almendra
Casa da Azenha transforms the ruins of a former watermill into a private residence through a sensitive programme of conservation and adaptive reuse. Responding closely to the client’s brief, the intervention is contained entirely within the existing footprint of the historic structure, preserving its masonry fabric while introducing a carefully articulated contemporary volume within the remains. The project establishes a dialogue between old and new, allowing the site’s industrial heritage to inform a restrained architectural expression that respects the character and memory of the original building.

22 July 2026
Casa FJ, Póvoa de Varzim, Porto, northern Portugal
Architecture: MIL870 + GRAUON

picture : Ivo Tavares Studio
The residence forms part of a wider development of 28 semi-detached houses delivered by the same developer. With the neighbourhood already completed, the project responds to an established architectural context, preserving the visual coherence of the ensemble while accommodating the client’s aspirations. The design carefully balances continuity with individuality, introducing subtle interventions that enhance the home’s identity without disrupting the character of the wider development.

21 July 2026
Chaves House, Vila Real
Architecture: NOARQ

photo : João Morgadon
The site lay behind an informal residential neighbourhood of lower-middle-income housing, where incomplete urban infrastructure defined the character of the area. Natural springs emerged at multiple points across the 3,276-square-metre plot, with water flowing across the ground and spilling onto the adjacent unpaved street. These challenging site conditions became a defining influence on the architectural response, informing both the building’s relationship with the landscape and its approach to construction.

26 June 2026
Melides House, Grandola, Setúbal District
Architecture: Sabrab

photo : Ivo Tavares Studio
A key challenge of the project was to create a substantial residence that would sit lightly within its setting rather than dominate it. Carefully threaded between centuries-old cork oak trees and gently stepping with the natural topography, the house was conceived as an extension of the landscape of Melides rather than an imposition upon it.

9 June 2026
House PV, São João do Estoril
Architecture: Nuno Nascimento Arquitectos

photo : Francisco Nogueira
Located in São João do Estoril, House PV emerges from the transformation of an existing residence shaped by successive extensions and alterations over time. Rather than preserving these additions as isolated fragments or replacing the building altogether, the project seeks to reveal a renewed sense of order. Through a process of careful subtraction and reconfiguration, the accumulated layers are consolidated into a singular architectural expression, establishing clarity, coherence, and a stronger relationship between the house and its surroundings.

5 June 2026
Casa do Alpendre, Vila Franca de Xira, Lisbon Region
Architecture: Vasco Burnay Arquitectura

photo : Ivo Tavares Studio
This residential property design sought not to replicate its context but to establish its own identity, drawing on fundamental architectural principles of scale, proportion and spatial continuity. The result is a house that brings a sense of order and clarity to its setting while engaging thoughtfully with the landscape and the everyday needs of its inhabitants.

18 May 2026
Casa na Comporta, just south of Lisbon, southern Portugal – on the Alentejo coast
Architect: SabraB Architecture

photo : Laura Deus Photolab
Nestled within the distinctive landscape of Comporta—where dense pine forests and scattered cork oaks rise from sandy terrain—this L-shaped residence by SabraB Architecture emerges as a contemporary intervention that carefully balances presence with sensitivity to its natural context.
The home’s L-shaped configuration follows the gentle contours of the site, allowing the architecture to settle naturally within the landscape while framing a protected central courtyard. Conceived as a quiet refuge, this interior outdoor space establishes a seamless relationship between the residence and its surrounding environment, opening toward a layered procession of maritime pines and centuries-old cork oaks.

22 April 2026
T and A Azores House, Ponta Delgada, São Pedro, Açores
Architects: Atelier d’arquitectura Lopes da Costa

photo : Ivo Tavares Studio
The intervention is guided by a fundamental principle: the preservation of what is essential. No volumetric additions are introduced, nor is the building’s footprint altered. Instead, the project engages directly with the existing structure, respecting its spatial organisation while carefully adapting it to meet the demands of contemporary living.

14 April 2026
Aguçadoura House II, Póvoa de Varzim, Porto, northern Portugal
Architecture: Raulino Silva Arquitecto

photo : Raulino Silva
This two-story single-family house is situated near Aguçadoura Beach, just north of the city of Póvoa de Varzim on Portugal’s Atlantic coast. The elongated, sandy plot lies below street level and was previously occupied by a small greenhouse used for vegetable cultivation. Aguçadoura is widely recognized for its intensive horticultural production, which has strongly shaped the character of the surrounding landscape.

30 March 2026
Beira Mar II Aveiro
Atelier de Arquitectura . Architecture Office: Paulo Martins Arquitectura & Design

photo : Ivo Tavares Studio
The project is conceived as a dialogue between the neighbourhood’s organic fabric and a precise, controlled design language. Clear geometries and rigorous alignments define the composition, expressing a contemporary architecture that remains sensitive to its context.

2 March 2026
Casa A, Braga
Architecture: L2C Arquitetura

picture : Ivo Tavares Studio
It began as a whisper to the ground. We did not seek to conquer the slope, but to walk beside it. From this gesture, the architecture unfolded—terraces and plateaus carved like quiet steps, carrying us gently from chaos into order.

17 February 2026
House SM, Ílhavo
Architect: Mário Alves Arquitetura

picture : Ivo Tavares Studio
The proposal is structured around two primary premises: the integration of the required program and a careful reading of the site’s characteristics. Although the site presently lacks a built context along its perimeter, this situation is understood as transitional and subject to imminent change.

16 February 2026
Casinha Da Melroeira, Ourém
Design: Filipe Saraiva

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27 January 2026
Minimalist White House, Ferreiros, Braga
Architecture: Arquitetura501

picture : Ivo Tavares Studio

19 January 2026
Casa da Rocha Quebrada, Lagoa, Sao Miguel, Acores
Architects: SO Arquitetura & Design

picture : Ivo Tavares Studio

16 January 2026
Casa dos Sobreiros II Póvoa de Varzim
Architecture: Urbanpolis – Construções e Empreendimentos, Lda

photo : Ivo Tavares Studio

7 January 2026
CC House – Quinta dos Carvalhos, Leiria
Design: Inception Architects Studio

picture : Ivo Tavares Studio

5 January 2026
Sa Townhouse, Aveiro
Architecture: Atelier Tiago Do Vale, Architects

photo : João Morgado

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Portuguese Houses in 2025

Portuguese Properties in 2025, chronological:

18 December 2025
Casa Corten, Braga, North Portugal
Architecture: Sandro Ferreira arquitectura

photograph : Ivo Tavares Studio

10 December 2025
Casa do Engenho, Madalena, Vila Nova de Gaia
Architects: Silverline Architecture

picture : Ivo Tavares Studio

10 December 2025
Vagar Country House Mountain Shelters, Belmonte
Architects: Filipe Pina Arquitectura

photo : Ivo Tavares Studio

11 November 2025
Casa DR, Meia-Via, Torres Novas
Architects: NMDARQ

photograph : Ivo Tavares Studio

6 November 2025
Casa em Mesao Frio, Mesão Frio, Guimarães, central Portugal
Design: felixARQS

photo : Ivo Tavares Studio

28 October 2025
Casa Moradia do Retiro, Santo Tirso, Porto home
Architects: Ricardo Azevedo Arquitecto

picture : Ivo Tavares Studio

16 October 2025
PCG House, Loule, Algarve, South of Portugal
Architecture: Visioarq Arquitectos

photo : Marcelo Lopes

15 October 2025
Monte Do Divor House, Estremoz, Alentejo
Architect: Vasco Burnay Arquitectura

picture : Ivo Tavares Studio

23 September 2025
Habitação CL, Guimarães, North Portugal
Design: Artequitectos

photograph : Ivo Tavares Studio

21 September 2025
House of 15 Windows, Antanhol, Coimbra property
Architecture: A2OFFICE

photos : Alexandra Marques and Alberto Dias Ribeiro

16 September 2025
Alcoutins House, Lisbon region
Design: Paulo Martins Arquitectura e Design

photo : Ivo Tavares Studio

26 August 2025
Casa PI in Porto
Architects: ARQUITECTOSRT

picture : Ivo Tavares Studio

1 July 2025
AJC House, Carregosa, Oliveira de Azeméis
Architecture: José António Lopes da Costa

photo : João Rey

24 June 2025
Casa M, Vila Nova de Gaia, northern Portugal
Architects: GRAU.ZERO Arquitectura

photograph : Ivo Tavares Studio

16 June 2025
Casa da Encosta, Santo Tirso, Oporto, northern Portugal
Architects: Ricardo Azevedo Arquitecto

photo : Ivo Tavares Studio

9 June 2025
Pedrantil House, Croca, Penafiel, northern Portugal
Architect: Helder da Rocha

photo : Ivo Tavares Studio

28 May 2025
Casa do Parque IV, Santo Tirso, Porto home
Architects: Ricardo Azevedo Arquitecto

photo : Ivo Tavares Studio

29 April 2025
Casa na Lameira, Fatima, Oeste e Vale do Tejo
Architects: João Pedro Pedrosa – Arquitectos

photo : Ivo Tavares Studio

15 April 2025
Clara House, Costa Nova, Ílhavo, Portugal Atlantic coast
Architects: M2.senos – arquitectos

photo : Ivo Tavares Studio

31 March 2025
The Village house, Paredes de Coura, Northern Portugal
Architect: Tiago Sousa

photo : Ivo Tavares Studio

24 March 2025
Povoa de Varzim House, Porto
Architecture: Raulino Silva Architect

photo : Raulino Silva

18 March 2025
Casa da Levada, Penafiel
Architecture Office: Tsou Arquitectos

photo : Ivo Tavares Studio

12 March 2025
Casa do Castanheiro, Alto Minho, North Portugal
Architecture Office: Luppa Architects

photo : Ivo Tavares Studio
Casa do Castanheiro is a rehabilitation project which aims to expand and transform a small Minho house.

10 March 2025
The Marlim Costa Cabral refurbishment, Porto Metropolitan Area
Architect: José António Lopes da Costa

photo : João Rey
The Marlim Costa Cabral refurbishment project is located in the city of Porto and aimed to convert the existing four-storey building into seven flats of different types.

10 February 2025
CS House, Agueda, Aveiro District
Architecture: WALAA

photo : Ivo Tavares Studio
This modern Portuguese residence for a young family, on a triangular site, with a clear program, was an exercise to push a series of concepts and ideas into place. It became, above all, a project that synthetizes, with a rational approach, the way people inhabit a family dwelling during daily events of their lives.

24 January 2025
Casa Oeiras, Oeiras, Lisbon Region
Architecture: OODA

photo : Fernando Guerra
Casa Oeiras is conditioned by the size of the allotment, but motivated by an existing slope, useful even in the elimination of an uninteresting and inconvenient environment, implanted at a higher level.

9 January 2025
Casa SA, Braga
Architecture: Sandro Ferreira arquitectura

photo : Ivo Tavares Studio
Casa SA is an innovative residential project initiated by a private entity, located on a central street in Braga.

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7 December 2024
Casa Forca-Vouga, Aveiro property
Architecture: RVDM arquitectos

photo : Ivo Tavares Studio

27 November 2024
HC House, Braga property
Architecture: Inception Architects Studio

photo : Ivo Tavares Studio

16 November 2024
PPA House, Trofa, northern Portugal
Architecture: NOARQ

photo :João Morgado

9 November 2024
LBlack House, Leça do Balio, Matosinhos
Architecture: M2 Senos Arquitectos

photo : Ivo Tavares Studio
A short distance from Porto’s metro line, we find a periphery where the past and present intertwine. In this region, ancient centers coexist with recent housing developments, whose designs, often anonymous, prioritize the construction of single-family homes.

3 November 2024
Sky Base One Villa, Lagoa
Architecture: Bespoke Architects

photo : João Morgado
All started with the client’s desire to create a villa inspired by a series of science fiction cult cinema. This is what makes this project extraordinary—the opportunity to rethink the way we perceive a house.

30 October 2024
Leça da Palmeira House, northern Portugal, Matosinhos
Architects: Raulino Silva

photo : José Campos

11 October 2024
Casa no Campo, Esposende, northern Portugal
Architects: PF Architecture Studio

5 October 2024
Villa Fortaleza Algarve property
Architecture: Vieira de Moura Architects

16 September 2024
Salt-Colored House, Aveiro
Architecture: Rómulo Neto Arquitetos LDA

4 September 2024
Casa da Vilarinha, Porto property
Architect: A2OFFICE

29 August 2024
Malveira da Serra Houses
Architecture: OODA

19 August 2024
Casa Quase Verde, Ovar
Architecture: PSB arquitectosn

17 August 2024
Art Nouveau House, Aveiro, central Portugal
Architecture: Paulo Martins Arquitectura e Design

26 July 2024
Casa Mortuária de Oliveirinha, Aveiro, Portugal
Architects: Sónia Lopes da Cruz – Arquitectura

photo : Ivo Tavares Studio

12 July 2024
Casa Fonte Velha, Matosinhos, Porto
Architects: Martins Pimenta

photo : Ivo Tavares Studio

27 May 2024
Casa AS, Santa Maria da Feira
Architects: Mário Alves arquiteto

photo : Ivo Tavares Studio

10 May 2024
Possidónio da Silva 37, Lisbon, Campo de Ourique
Design: Fragmentos

photo : Ivo Tavares Studio
Originally composed of three floors and a yard, the Possidónio da Silva 37 building was in an advanced state of degradation. The ground floor, which served as a commercial establishment, was reconverted into a common area and passageway for two completely independent single-family housing units.

2 May 2024
House in Romeira, Santarém
Architecture: dp arquitectos

photo : Ivo Tavares Studio
The House in Romeira wants to model its own place on the outskirts of Romeira, in Santarém. It builds the existential, humanized and concrete place, because it is inhabited, structured with meaning and purpose.

22 April 2024
Casa JMC, Santa Maria da Feira
Architects: Lopes da Costa

photo : Ivo Tavares Studio
The Casa JMC is situated on a triangular plot with a steep slope along the access street, in the East/West or South/North direction. This has influenced its shape and volume.

4 April 2024
Casa de Sintra, Sintra, Lisbon
Architecture: Tsou Arquitectos

photo : Ivo Tavares Studio

20 March 2024
Casa do Cabo, South of Portugal villa design
Architects: Kerimov Architects

image courtesy of architects office

26 February 2024
IMLA House, Lavra, Porto
Architects: Luppa Architects

photograph : Ivo Tavares Studio

16 January 2024
QL House, Faro
Architects: VISIOARQ ARQUITECTOS

photograph : Fernando Guerra
The QL House project was an exercise in balancing volumes and landscape integration. The articulation of two superimposed and perpendicular volumes generated not only a particular spatial dynamic, but also different visual relationships between full and empty, between light and dark, between the private and semi-private areas and the view of the surroundings.

2 January 2024
Leça do Balio II House, Matosinhos, Porto, North Portugal
Architecture: Raulino Silva

photo : Raulino Silva

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Portuguese Houses in 2023

23 November 2023
Casa De Bouro, Terras De Bouro, North Portugal
Architecture: Mutant Arquitectura & Design

photograph : Ivo Tavares Studio
The genesis of the proposal configures a simple volume characterized by a rectangular parallelepiped that was deformed in order to embrace the area of land oriented south and that composes the patio.

14 November 2023
Casa de Lavra, Porto, Portugal
Architects: Ricardo Azevedo Arquitecto

picture : Ivo Tavares Studio
Casa de Lavra is the reflection of the relation that architecture can create between the space and the client. No house is the same and, in this one in particular, the architect Ricardo Azevedo realised that he drew the project “enthusiastically at the site”.

26 October 2023
Comporta 107 House, Alentejo
Design: dEMM arquitectura

photo : FG+SG | Fernando Guerra
Comporta 107 Beach House is set within the distinctive landscape of Comporta, surrounded by pine forests, rice fields, and rolling sand dunes in a setting defined by its rich natural beauty and ecological diversity. The project draws deeply from the character of the region, where untamed coastal landscapes and native vegetation shape the atmosphere of everyday life.

23 October 2023
The Vagar Country House, Belmonte
Architects: David Bilo + Filipe Pina

20 October 2023
Casa dos anos 40, Ílhavo
Architect: Frari architecture network

3 October 2023
Casa Kala, Porto Hotel
Architects: Ren Ito Arq

19 September 2023
RiscoWhite House, Barcelos
Architect: Paulo Costa and Sónia Abreu

5 September 2023
Fisherman’s House, Esmoriz
Architects: Pedro Henrique Arquiteto

24 August 2023
Apartment in Cais do Sodré, Lisbon
Architects: Estudio Obra Prima; Vasco Lima Mayer

photo : Fernando Guerra

21 July 2023
Torreira Holiday House, Torreira, Aveiro
Architects: NU.MA architects

photo : Ivo Tavares Studio

12 July 2023
Concrete 11 Lisbon
Design: Cage Atelier

photo : Ivo Tavares Studio

3 July 2023
Muda’s House, Setúbal, Grândola
Architect: Vasco Lima Mayer

photo : Filipe Borralho

30 May 2023
Casa Pátios de Pétalas, Gondomar, Porto, northern Portugal
Architects: Sandra Micaela Casinha Atelier

photo : Ivo Tavares Studio
Like a flower, the house ‘patios of petals’ is fed and protected from the sun. It touches the floor simply, with a large “U” glazing. An internal curved structural wall that together with the heart of the house (the stairs), builds its interior.

24 February 2023
Casa dos Mores, Faro, southern Portugal
Design: Marlene Uldschmidt Architects Studio

photo : Renee Kemps

8 February 2023
House 109, Vagos, northern Portugal
Architects: Frari – architecture network

photograph : Ivo Tavares Studio

12 January 2023
Forte House, Santo Tirso, Oporto
Architects: pema studio

photo : Ivo Tavares Studio

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Portuguese Houses 2022

27 Nov 2022

Architecture: L2C Arquitetura

photo : Ivo Tavares Studio
Casa D, Braga
Designed for a family of five, Casa D hides its structural complexity through its volumetric simplicity. Large boxes placed on the highest part of the land organize the interior and outdoor space through their layout and orientation.

16 Nov 2022
, Quinta da Portela, Coimbra
Design: Mário Alves arquiteto

photo : Ivo Tavares Studio
Casa JC, Coimbra
Inserted in a subdivision located in Quinta da Portela, Coimbra, the land is situated in the middle of the hill. Developing a house in this location becomes a challenge due to the natural profile that the land develops.

10 Nov 2022
, Coimbra
Design: VISIOARQ ARQUITECTOS

photo : Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
JAC House, Coimbra
The rehabilitation of JAC House calls for various dimensions of dreams, both in the enjoyment of the interior and in the contemplation of the panoramic horizon.

10 Oct 2022
, Porto, northern Portugal
Architects: António Paulo Marques

photo : Ivo Tavares Studio
Nova Rio Housing, Porto
This private initiative residential project is located next to the Circunvalação, on the northern edge of the city of Porto. The Nova Rio Housing plot has a trapezoidal configuration and faces rua Nova do Rio.

28 Sep 2022
, Rua das Cancelas, Ílhavo, northern Portugal
Architects: M2.senos_arquitetos

photo : Ivo Tavares Studio
Ílhavo House, Porto
All around Ílhavo House you can still feel the old farm fields, even though this is still a very urban design. The owners inherited the land from their grandparents and decided to build this house on it.

17 Sep 2022
, Famalicão New Village
Design: OVAL

photo : Ivo Tavares Studio
House in Brufe, Famalicão New Village
The House in Brufe was intended to be all on a ground floor. The land is almost flat and has a timid water line that borders the property to the west.

11 Sep 2022
, Anadia, central Portugal
Design: Visioarq Arquitectos

photo : Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
RCR House, Anadia
Light, intimacy, balance and contemplation of the outdoor spaces are some of RCR House striking features – a haven located in a residential area of Anadia, in central Portugal. This exercise in balance and volume distribution designed spaces to be fully experienced, some of them more private and intimate and others in affinity with the outside, all while maintaining the intimate and refuge-like character in relationship with its surroundings.

28 Aug 2022
, Porto, northern Portugal
Architects: Floret Arquitectura

photo : Ivo Tavares Studio
São Lázaro Apartments Porto

18 Aug 2022
, Sever do Vouga, south of Porto, northern Portugal
Architect: Paulo Martins

photo : Ivo Tavares Studio
GR House in Sever do Vouga
Inserted in a plot of land of irregular geometry and surrounded by constructions of little architectural value, this villa emerges as a consequence of its constraints. If, on the one hand there is a reluctance to visually relate the villa’s interior spaces to its immediate surroundings, on the other hand, there is an uncontrollable desire to turn the villa entirely to face eastwards, towards its view of thunderous beauty and discrete privacy.

13 Jun 2022
, Braga, northern Portugal
Architecture: Tiago Do Vale Architects

photo : João Morgado
Saint Adrian House, Braga
The Duarte Pacheco Quarter where it stands, built between 1935 and 1939, was part of the “Estado Novo” (the authoritarian regime that ruled Portugal from 1933 to 1974) social housing policies in a moment of severe lack of residences with minimal hygiene and health standards for the most excluded and disadvantaged classes.

25 May 2022
, Braga
Architects: AM-arqstudio

photo : Ivo Tavares Studio
Casa 15, Braga Property
When you first meet a client, you start traveling through spaces that are not built yet. Even before the client understands what the project goals are, the distinct spaces start taking place, sometimes is a word, other times as a perception of how a material feels when touched, and others, how the light makes you feel.

27 Apr 2022
, Lisbon
Design: Pedro Carrilho Arquitectos

photo : Ivo Tavares Studio
Graça 117, Lisbon Apartment
Graça 117 is one of the rehabilitation projects that contributed to the valorization and preservation of the Graça’s street urban unity, in Lisbon, as a part of a set of buildings with history. Like many buildings in Lisbon, this intervention required a general restructuring, with architectural features’ recovery, respect for pre-existing references, and reformulation of housing layout.

10 Apr 2022
, Northern Portugal
Architect: Studio Nicholas Burns

photo : Peter Bennetts
Casa da Piscina, Northern Portugal
In a township in Northern Portugal, on 30 hectares and surrounded by forest and vineyards, sits Casa da Piscina a striking building. At first glance, the two-level stone pavilion could be mistaken for a house.

4 Apr 2022
, Sta. Joana, Aveiro, Northern Portugal
Architects: NU.MA, architects

photo : Ivo Tavares Studio
House in Sta Joana, Aveiro Real Estate
In a street marked by a vast set of housings for the working class, the sense of repetition and systematization of the construction process is a strong characteristic here. NU.MA, architects wanted to follow the same idea – repetition/systematization when designing Sta Joana House.

23 Mar 2022
, Figueira da Foz
Architecture: danielmsantos

photo : Ivo Tavares Studio
Second Skin, Figueira da Foz
With a close relation to the Mondego river, the building Second Skin rehabilitated by the architecture and engineering office danielmsantos, evokes memories of the belle époque in elegant Figueira da Foz and gives it a new, bolder and irreverent core. Two centuries after being brought up, a new challenge comes to this riverside building that was once a manor house and hosted Municipalized Services.

16 Mar 2022
, Gondomar, Porto Metropolitan Area
Design: Mutant Architecture & Design

photo : Ivo Tavares Studio
TILT house in Gondomar
The challenge with TILT house was launched to carry out the project for a one-story house to be built on a morphologically regular terrain. The surrounding area was, at the time the project was carried out, urbanistically-stabilized, characterized by an essentially endowed residential area, in the vicinity of several agglomerations consisting of single-family houses and some collective housing buildings.

10 Mar 2022
, Póvoa de Lanhoso, district of Braga, Northern Portugal
Architect: LIMIT studio

photo : Alexandra Brites
Middle Plan Houses, Póvoa de Lanhoso
For this land in Póvoa de Lanhoso, there was an objective: to make better use of the natural characteristics of the context, providing greater harmony between housing and the nature of the place. For the Middle Plan Houses project LIMIT studio proposed to carry out an amendment to the pre-established legal rules in the allotment, in order to enable a greater housing integration with the accesses and the existing natural dimensions of the lot.

9 March 2022
, S. João da Madeira, Norte region
Design: Bruno H Gomes, Arquitectura

photo : Ivo Tavares Studio
Casa H1, S. João da Madeira
Access to the property is via a trough steep slope street that the design of the entrance gate seeks to tame. The house’s ground floor is located below the street level and a gabled volume announces the entrance to the house to those approaching from the street.

3 March 2022
Tiny houses by Madeiguincho, Cascais
Design: Madeiguincho, Noma Lisboa and David Serrão

image courtesy of architects practice
Tiny houses by Madeiguincho
When my father decided to stop his journey at Madeiguincho carpentry after 30 years, I was working in a conventional architecture studio and was not very convinced that this would be the right path, so I decided to take the risk and took over Madeiguincho Woodwork studio. This new chapter started around 2016.

20 Feb 2022
Disappearing car lift villa, Quinta da Marinha
Disappearing car lift in Quinta da Marinha villa

2 Feb 2022
, Alto Alentejo, eastern Portugal
Design: Architect Gonçalo Bonniz

photo : Woodtarget
FdP house in Alto Alentejo
Designed by renowned native architect, Gonçalo Bonniz, the remarkable large-scale home forms a stunning new-build in Alentejo. With a vanguard design and clean, sleek lines, the house is fully integrated into Alentejo’s landscape, complementing the morphology of the land and its surroundings.

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Portuguese Houses 2021

22 Nov 2021
Casa Janeira, Sátão, Viseu, northern Portugal
Design: Covo Interiores

photo : Alexander Bogorodskiy
Casa Janeira, Sátão, Viseu

6 Nov 2021
S.Roque Building, Aveiro
Architects: Sónia Cruz – Arquitectura

photo : Ivo Tavares Studio
Edifício S.Roque Apartments, Aveiro

2 Nov 2021
TD House, Sintra
Design: ESQUISSOS Arquitectura e Consultoria

photograph : Ivo Tavares Studio
TD House, Sintra, Portugal Property

27 Oct 2021
House of the Nuns – Casa Salicos, Lagos, the Barlavento region, Algarve
Architects: Mário Martins Atelier

photograph © Fernando Guerra / FG+SG
House of the Nuns, Lagos

6 Aug 2021

Architecture: Meireles Arquitectos

photograph : João Morgado
Portas São João, Porto

1 Aug 2021
, Amarante, northern Portugal
Design: Just an Architect

photo : Ivo Tavares Studio
Torre 261 Apartments, Amarante
Urbanistically, the Torre 261 plot meets two distinct scales.

15 Jun 2021
Box House, Romarigães, Paredes de Coura, Northern Portugal
Architect: Tiago Sousa

photography : Ivo Tavares Studio
Box House, Romarigães Paredes de Coura

31 May 2021
, Lisbon
Quinta da Marinha House, Lisbon

11 Apr 2021

Architects: Raulino Silva

photography : João Morgado
Senhora da Hora House, Porto

9 Apr 2021
, Vila de Paraíso, north of Portugal
Architects: Ren Ito Arq

photography : Ivo Tavares Studio
Calçada House, Porto
There was an existing house from 18th century and several annex buildings with several trees in old manor with 5000 sqm. The site was divided by the buildings scattered throughout the project site, and each part was designed as unique place. We refurbished them to serve as a residence and a guest house.

22 Mar 2021
, Santarém, central Portugal
Design: dp Arquitectos

photography : Ivo Tavares Studio
Santarém House, Central Portugal

19 Feb 2021

Architects: Hugo Pereira Arquitectos

photograph : Ivo Tavares Studio
Casa dos Sobreiros, Braga Property
The objective of the Casa dos Sobreiros project was the construction of a single family house on a plot of extraordinary morphological characteristics, which remained almost intact and unchanged.

5 Feb 2021

Architects: TRAMA arquitetos

photography : João Morgado
Cork Trees House, Braga
TRAMA arquitetos were approached by a young family, who has a close relationship with architecture, to develop a project that materialized the DNA of the architects.
Casa dos Sobreiros design by Trama Arquitetos from BUILDING PICTURES on Vimeo

14 Feb 2021
, Foz do Douro, Porto
Architects: Raulino Silva

photography : João Morgado
Aldoar House, Foz do Douro

5 Jan 2021
, Gondomar
Design: Paulo Merlini Architects

photo : Ivo Tavares Studio
Casa Rio, Gondomar

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Portuguese Houses 2020

23 Dec 2020
, Póvoa de Varzim
Design: Raulino Silva Architect

photo : João Morgado
Beiriz House, Póvoa de Varzim

30 Sep 2020
Rio Mau 2 House, Vila do Conde

20 Apr 2020
Matias Alves House in Leiria

12 Apr 2020
Touguinha House in Vila do Conde

3 Apr 2020
Casa Salicos in The Algarve

5 Mar 2020

Design: AAP Associated Architects Partnership

photo : José Campos
Falfosa House, Faro

9 Feb 2020
Galegos House, Barcelos
Architect: Raulino Silva

picture : João Morgado
Galegos House in Barcelos

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Portuguese Houses 2019

9 Dec 2019
Lamego House, Douro, Northern Portugal
Architect: António Ildefonso Architect

photography : Ivo Tavares Studio
House in Douro, Northern Portugal

3 Dec 2019
Casa A and Pool in Guimarães, Braga District

28 Oct 2019
Touguinhó III House in Vila do Conde

31 July 2019
House MM in Odivelas, Lisbon

25 Jul 2019
Casa Vilarinho, Porto
Architects: João Vieira de Campos

photography © Nelson Garrido
Casa Vilarinho in Porto

18 Jul 2019
Box XL Houses, Braga, Northern Portugal
Architects: Grupo Zegnea

photography © João Morgado
New Houses in Guimarães, Braga
A seven-house development arranged in a diverse way, creating different relationships with the environment.

3 Jun 2019
Sea Front Villa, Quinta da Marinha, Estoril – Cascais
Design: Arq Tailor, Arquitectos, Lisboa

photography © Ricardo Oliveira Alves
Sea Front Villa in Quinta da Marinha

23 Mar 2019

Design: Fran Silvestre Arquitectos

picture from architects office
Contemporary House in Lisbon
Coimbra – Steinman House is placed in the upper part of a field of a golf course with distant views towards the city of Lisbon.

25 Jan 2019
IF House, Ílhavo, Aveiro
Architects: M2 Senos

photo © do mal o menos – Eduardo Nascimento
House in Ílhavo

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New Portugal Homes 2018

11 Dec 2018
Houses in Calçada dos Mestres neighborhood, Rua Um, Campolide hill, Lisboa
Design: Orgânica architecture office

photograph : Do Mal o Menos
Houses in Calçada dos Mestres

22 Nov 2018

Architects: STUDIOARTE

photography : Da Cruz Photo – Luís da Cruz
New House in Algarve
An interpretation of the Mediterranean Modernist Architecture in a balanced fusion with Portuguese Cubist Architecture references.

8 Oct 2016
House with Four Houses in Penafiel
House with Four Houses in Penafiel

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Recent Portuguese Property Designs

Contemporary Portuguese Homes in 2013

10 Oct 2013
Villa Escarpa, Praia da Luz, Algarve, southern Portugal
Design: Mario Martins

photo : Fernando Guerra [FG+SG]
Villa Escarpa is located near the village of Praia da Luz, in the district of Lagos, Algarve, in the South of Portugal. A condition of the planning permission was that the new house be constructed in the space occupied by a previous building.

23 Sep 2013
House on a Warehouse, Torres Novas, central Portugal
Design: Miguel Marcelino

photograph : Joao Morgado
House on a Warehouse

31 May 2013
Valongo House, Porto, northern Portugal
Design: CNLL

photo : Nelson Garrido

31 May 2013
Casa Paramos, Espinho, northern Portugal
Design: CNLL

photo : Nelson Garrido
Casa Paramos

30 May 2013
Montemor House, Alentejo, northern Portugal
Design: CNLL

photo : Nelson Garrido
Montemor House

1 Feb 2013
House in Odemira Alentejo, south of Portugal
Design: Vitor Vilhena Architects

photograph © Joao Morgado
House in Odemira

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Contemporary Portuguese Homes in 2012

24 Aug 2012
U House, Ericeira, western Portugal
Design: Jorge Graça Costa
U House
A sustainable House for a Professional Surfer
The U House located in Ericeira, a World Surfing Reserve, was designed for José Gregório three times national Surf champion and a well known big wave rider, his wife and two daughters. This 300 Square meter house occupies a big lot, surrounded by a dense mesh of trees, on top of a hill overlooking Saint Lorenzo Bay.

20 Aug 2012
San Lorenzo North Villa, Quinta do Lago, The Algarve, south west Portugal
Design: Imaestri
In addition to Quinta do Lago celebrating 40 years of continued success this year, they have launched their final 26 plots for sales in the San Lorenzo enclave of the resort. This crisply designed contemporary house represents the development as a show villa.

9 Jul 2012
Ovar House
Design: Paula Santos Arquitectos
Ovar House
The house at Ovar, Portugal, is an exercise where the architect office stretched to the limit a number of ideas and concepts for a long time already contained in other projects, which had never been put in place. It is also – and above all – a project, which allows for thinking with other people about their own way of inhabiting a dwelling.

6 Jul 2012
DJ House, Carcavelos
Design: [i]da Arquitectos
DJ House Carcavelos
A central patio divides the house into two parts and organizes the interior spaces: on the west side, an open horizontal space to the garden receives the dining room and the kitchen; on the east side, a vertical space, located at a lower level in relation to the public route to ensure domestic privacy, receives the living room.

12 Jun 2012
Xieira House, Leiria, central Portugal
Design: A2+ ARQUITECTOS
House in Leiria
Implemented in a slender lot from north to south, the project born with the aim of building a dwelling with a single floor. The typology was defined according to the best sunlight, as this is one of the richest of this Mediterranean country.

Mima House, Viana do Castelo, northern Portugal
mima architects
Mima House
MIMA’s concept is fundamentally inspired by the traditional Japanese house, the perfect paradigm for lightness, flexibility, comfort and pleasing lines. The restrained order of its standardized building parts appealed to MIMA architects as the hallmark of a deeply rooted culture, confirmed over centuries and easily adaptable to any new development.

23 Feb 2012
House in Juso, north of Cascais, west of Lisbon, southwest Portugal
ARX Portugal + Stefano Riva
New Portuguese House
In the concept for this small house in the vicinity of Aldeia de Juso, the tiniest area of flat land and the house’ s, as well as the high density of the new houses yet to be built in the surroundings, forcibly draw us to some sort of “obsession” about the possibilities of dilating space.

More Portuguese Houses welcome.

Portuguese Homes Designs 2018

Portuguese Home Design News – latest additions to this page, arranged chronologically:

20 Nov 2018
Casa Moreira, Porto
Architects: César Machado Moreira architect

photograph : José Campos
New Residence in Porto
Located on a site facing a narrow street characterized by small houses from different times, the building is a house in the classic sense.

25 Jan 2018
Ring House, Santarém, central Portugal
Design: Vasco Cabral + Sofia Saraiva

photo : José Campos
Ring House in Santarém

24 Jan 2018
House ED&JO, Famalicão, Ourém
Architects: NOARQ

photo : Joao Morgado – Architecture Photography
House ED&JO in Famalicão

22 Jan 2018
Alvarinho Houses in Melgaço, Viana do Castelo, northern Portugal
Design: Architects: Correia/Ragazzi Arquitectos

photograph : Juan Rodriguez

4 Jan 2018
Casa Ovar, Ovar, south of Porto, north west Portugal
Design: Nelson Resende, Architect

photo : João Morgado, Fotografia de Arquitectura
Casa Ovar in Portugal
The recovery of the house aimed to introduce a series of capital gains that would enable its full utilization, in a completely current and according to the specific pretensions of a household that recently acquired the property.

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Portuguese Homes 2011 – 2017

28 Nov 2017
House in Ourém
Design: Filipe Saraiva

photo : João Morgado, Fotografia de Arquitectura
This property is located on a rectangular piece of land with a descending slope in the south direction (next to the public road). The difference in height between the highest point and the lowest point is approximately 4.50m. It is a farmland with a natural landscape, facing south and overlooking the Castle of Ourém.

10 Oct 2017
Arrifana House
Design: Pedro Henrique Arquiteto

photograph : José Campos
A clean-cut contemporary Portuguese property four km from the city of Santa Maria da Feira, on a triangular plot. The architects maintain the pristine white angular forms try to work with the strong rural features.

13 Jul 2017
M & M’s House, Porto
Architect: José Carlos Nunes de Oliveira Arquitecto

photo : João Morgado
Contemporary Property in Trofa
A single-family house on a plot of 1500 sqm. The architects maintained the squared stone well, an old fruit tree and the localization of pre-existing access.

19 Apr 2017
House EN125A22, Vale de Lousas, Algarve
Architecture: Ricardo Camacho, Gilda Camacho

photo : Nelson Garrido
House EN125A22 in Vale de Lousas
This residential building design addresses the relationship between the architectural object and four types of mobility. The home is placed above an intersection of the main roads in the Algarve.

Arrabida House in Setúbal

Armaze Luxury Housing in Porto

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29 Nov 2012
House in Moreira, northern Portugal
Phyd Arquitectura
Recent Portuguese House on e-architect
The house is built around three project themes. The continuous and enlacing space, which incorporates different inhabiting functions. The time, which incorporates the movement and permanence. The materiality, which incorporates the antithesis weight/lightness.

24 Aug 2012
DT House, Oeiras, western Lisbon Metropolitan Area, south west Portugal
Design: Jorge Graça Costa
Contemporary Portuguese House
A Sustainable Small House
DT House is an example of applied energy-efficient principles in architecture. It’s a simple, compact object that integrates accessible construction technologies with innovative and smart design solutions. It demonstrates that energy effectiveness results not of the exhibition of means – technological or material – but of its capacity in answering rationally to the many requirements of human living.

6 Jul 2012
DJ House, Carcavelos, near Lisbon, western Portugal
Design: [i]da Arquitectos
House in Carcavelos
A central patio divides the house into two parts and organizes the interior spaces: on the west side, an open horizontal space to the garden receives the dining room and the kitchen; on the east side, a vertical space, located at a lower level in relation to the public route to ensure domestic privacy, receives the living room.

11 Jun 2012
Casa Mexilhoeira-Grande, The Algarve, southwest Portugal
Design: Marco Arraiolos
Casa Mexilhoeira-Grande
This new house faces south with views over the estuary of Alvor. The building has bedrooms, bathroom and laundry at ground level. On this foundation rests a top floor of living spaces, with a sloping roof, and a terrace that develops along the whole facade. The living room, dining room and kitchen take advantage of the exposure and the outdoor area in terrace, sheltered by the very construction from the prevailing winds from the north.

23 Feb 2012
House in Juso, north of Cascais, west of Lisbon, southwest Portugal
Design: ARX Portugal + Stefano Riva
House in Juso
In the concept for this small house in the vicinity of Aldeia de Juso, the tiniest area of flat land and the houses, as well as the high density of the new houses yet to be built in the surroundings, forcibly draw us to some sort of “obsession” about the possibilities of dilating space.

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24 Nov 2011
House in Pedrogão, central Portugal
Design: Phyd Arquitectura
House in Pedrogão, Torres Novas
I take Saramago once again: “My relation with time is, above all, very specific….when trying to express it graphically; I understand time as a large screen, a huge screen, where every single event is projected, including the oldest and the most recent. On that screen, everything is side by side in a kind of chaos as if time was compressed and flattened on that surface.”

21 Sep 2011
House in Pousos, Leiria
ARX Portugal Arquitectos
House in Leiria
The house is located in a “typical” peripheric urbanization of Pousos, a parish of the municipality of Leiria. Situated east of the city and at high ground, it works as a sort of panoramic belvedere over Leiria.

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Portuguese Houses

Key Residential Property in Portugal, alphabetical:

Caetano & Assis House, Santa M. da Feira
Ana de Bastos + Filipe Xavier Oliveira
House in Santa Maria da Feira

Casa Dos Cubos, Tomar
E M B A I X A D A
Casa Dos Cubos

Casa M.B., Óbidos, Leiria
Brito.Rodriguez Arquitectura
Óbidos house

Casa Oliveira de Frades, north Portugal
RVDM, Arquitectos
Casa Oliveira de Frades

Casa Possanco, near Lisbon
ARX Portugal
Casa Possanco

Cerveira House
dEMM arquitectura
Cerveira House

Cork House, Palmeira de Faro, Esposende
Arquitectos Anónimos
Cork House

House 1 in Penafiel
Cláudio Vilarinho
House in Penafiel

House in Aveiro, north west Portugal
Design: RVDM Arquitectos Lda
House in Aveiro

House II in Aroeira, Plot 180, Aroeira Golf Caparica
Design: ARX Portugal Arquitectos

House in Barcelos
Design: Rui Grazina Arquitectura+Design
House in Barcelos

House in Cascais
Design: AREACOR
House in Cascais

House Chão das Giestas, Guarda
AVA – Atelier Veloso Arquitectos
House Chão das Giestas

House Dr. Reginaldo Spenciere, Labruge
AUZprojekt
Home Dr. Reginaldo Spenciere

House in Figueiral
Design: Pedro Fonseca Jorge Arquitecto
Casa Figueiral

House in Grândola
ARX Portugal Arquitectos
House in Grândola

House in Liteiros, central Portugal
Design: Phyd Arquitectura
House in Liteiros, Torres Novas

House in Malveira
ARX Portugal Arquitectos
House in Malveira

House in Martinhal
ARX Portugal Arquitectos
House in Martinhal

House in Melides, southern Portugal
Design: Pedro Reis
House in Melides, Grândola

House in Murtal
ARX Portugal Arquitectos
House in Murtal

House in Pedrogão, Torres Novas
Phyd Arquitectura
House in Pedrogão

House 1 in Penafiel
Design: Cláudio Vilarinho
House in Penafiel

House in Pousos, Leiria
ARX Portugal Arquitectos
House in Leiria

House in Quinta da Marinha, Cascais
AREACOR
House in Cascais

House in Romeirao
ARX Portugal Arquitectos
House in Romeirao

House in Tendais
Design: A43 arquitectura
House in Tendais

NX House, Cascais
Design: ARX Portugal Arquitectos
NX House Cascais
This house took a real long time to come through. From the 7 years total, three of them were for paying the land lot, two and a half years to license it and two and a half more to actually build the house. In this interval, the context changed radically.

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