ArchiTourAlgarve - Pires & Brito Architecture Walking Tour - Faro

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ArchiTourAlgarve - Pires & Brito Architecture Walking Tour - Faro

Faro, Faro 8000-168, Portugal

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Buildings from Architect Manuel Gomes da Costa (1921-2016) designed for the company Pires & Brito at Faro (Algarve). Architect Manuel Gomes da Costa Faro (1921-2016), was the most productive member of a trio that brought 'modern' architecture to the Algarve. The others were architect António Vicente de Castro from Portimão (1920-2020) and architect Manuel Laguinha from Loulé (1919-1985). All three trained at the Escola Superior de Belas-Artes do Porto, under the guidance of professor Carlos Ramos (1897-1969).

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Apartments - Rua Conselheiro Sebastião Teles 27 - 1993 And suddenly...Manuel Gomes da Costa makes use of triangular shapes, a whole new visual language...Apartment block of 4 floors with business premises on the ground floor. Strong verti... Read more
Building - Rua Aboim Ascensão 13a - 1969 An early Manuel Gomes da Costa building:  A narrow apartment block with 4 floors and a business premise/church on the ground floor. The balconies form a kind of white fine-meshed asymmetrical wall ... Read more
Apartments - Avenida Calouste Gulbenkian - 2002 Urban apartment block in eight floors with commercial spaces/shops on the ground floor beside one of Faro's major access roads. Fine-meshed interplay of balcony elements with cutouts and glass... Read more
Building - Rua Manuel Ascensão 42 - 1995 Spacious L-shaped apartment block of five floors with business premises and garages on the ground floor. On one side with staggered balconies where the concrete beams pass each other at the end a... Read more
Buildings Rua Frederico Lecor 51-53 - 2001 Apartment blocks consisting of five floors with commercial spaces and garages on the ground floor. The left block has an A-Symmetrical facade with an alternation of horizontal and vertical concrete... Read more
Apartment Praceta Bernardo Ramos 18-24 - 1980 Apartment block consisting of seven floors with business premises - Santa Casa de Misericórdia - in the recessed plinth beautiful blue/white horizontal tile strips on the ground floor, which ha... Read more
Urbanização do Montinho - 1985 Apartment block consisting of fourteen floors with business spaces on the ground floor and set-backs on the last three floors. The building can be regarded as 'Light Brutalist'. Partly due to the sloping co... Read more
Apartments Rua frei lourenço Santa Maria - 1973 This twelve-story apartment block with business premises/shops is not only a striking corner building of one of Faro's main roads, but is also a 'landmark' of the 'Largo da Carmo' square. Pr... Read more
Apartments Rua João de Deus 28 - 1996 This four-storey apartment block with business premises/shops has a cubist appearance due to the box-shaped balconies with fine incisions and finishes with subtle horizontal metal profiles. The vertica... Read more
Edificio Àgora & Praça de Ossonobo -  Lago de Francisco sá Carneiro 47 - 1996 This seven-storey building complex with business premises and shops is located in the corner of Faro's market hall. You can walk under it and trough a be... Read more
Apartments 'The White Elephant' - 1987 Perhaps at first glance the 'White Elephant'  looks like a 'Brutalist' building complex, consisting of 12 floors at the front with the Milenium Bank on the ground floor and a setback on the top floor... Read more
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