SOARES BUILDING

No. 50 : SOARES Building. Arq J de Oliveira 1954. Quite abandoned. Flat roof with canopee, cobogo, plants, concrete & steel. Reminds Franck Lloyd style (American Modernist arquitect).

GOOD TO KNOW : Av. 5 de outubro has been mostly built between 1930 and 1970 by private Algarvian investors returning from overseas. Builders who developped Sao Paulo in the building boom of the 1950’s (considered Chicago of South America), important traders prospering in Venezuela or Argentina. All of them had the same vision for Faro : To build a modern architecture city with Latinamerican roots. With the assistance of Modern Algarvian Architects, that they wanted to educate to Latinamerican modern design.