RUA DE BERLIM

RUA DE BERLIM

Luxury Villas and residences

Arq Manuel Gomes da Costa (1959 / 1969)

The architect built about half of the street during a decade. Check no.15; 13; 37 or 57.

Originally the Villas and buildings had flat roofs as in Modernism principles. But as the city hall refused he decided to do a 4 slopes roof instead.

GOOD TO KNOW : Those buidlings were ordered essencially by Algarvian emigrants who left the region in 1920’s to Latinamerica, became wealthy and returned to Faro. Wanted to express their success and avant-garde through modernism consutructions. Mr Pinheiro Brandao who had a house at number 13 is an example.

Modernism in Faro succeded also thanks to the non architect emigrants who wanted to push the city into the XXth century avant-garde.

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