Apartment block - Avenida da Republica 116

Apartment block with four-storey single-family homes. The architectural quality consists of extremely simple elements that are characteristic for the lexicon from the architecture of the 1950s and 1960s. Here the slanting shapes of the balconies are reinforced by the (also) slanting surface of the facade, arranged in horizontal surfaces with lying back bands.

The symmetrically arranged balustrades of the balconies are divided from the middle. At one side a closed surface of colorful vertically offset tiles and on the other side and an open fence. The whole grants the facade a subtle play of light and shadow, partly due to the refined slanting surface and the material finish used.

Don't forget to look at the stairs at the back.