Residential Building Avenida da República, nº. 4-8 - 1960/70

Straight and minimalist residential building with commercial spaces on the Avenida da Republica no. 4-8 A building included in the SIPA (Information System for Architectural Heritage) of Olhão.

A straight forward building and a tight structure. Striking by the use of color, its shining mosaic and especially the emergency stairways at the back (visible from the inner court area of the Re-Creatieva República 14).

Here it distinguishes itself by the functionalist application of twisted concrete stairs with beveled supports and slender steel profiles for the handrail and the balustrades.

Beautiful modernist tile work on the ground floor near the shops and entrance.

Photographs: John Shepherd and Will Köhlen