ArchiTourAlgarve - Modernist & More Architecture Walking Tour - Tavira

A Walking Tour with Modernist Architecture in Tavira & More

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ArchiTourAlgarve - Modernist & More Architecture Walking Tour - Tavira

Tavira, Faro 8800-684, Portugal

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A Walking Tour with Modernist Architecture in Tavira. About the '60 Modern architecture of Manuel Gomes da Costa & some other projects. Combined with a nice walk and projects of contempory architects as Carrilho da Graça, Eduardo Souto de Moura, Can-Ran Architecture & ODS Studio.

It started with the exhibition "Modernismo em Tavira" on the occasion of the celebration of the birthday of Álvaro de Campos in Tavira in 2018 with Photographs by ANAFA photographers and curated by Isabel Macieira.

Fernando Pessoa - one of the most famous Portuguese writers - chose Tavira as the birth place for one his heteronyms: Álvaro de Campos, the figure who would come to be considered the typical poet of modernity, of civilization and of what is technical in the contemporary world. Every year the birthday of Álvaro de Campos is celebrated in Tavira with exhibitions, concerts and performances.....

Photos from the exhibition "Modernismo em Tavira": copyright @ANAFA Tour made by www.architouralgarve.com

Get information about a fysical tour: architouralgarve@gmail.com

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What You'll See on the Tour

This former monastery Convent das Bernardas -  Rua Arquiteto Souto Moura 43 - in Tavira belonged to the Order of the Cistercians. For 300 years it was the home of the nuns of the Bernardes Convent, who were known for their egg-based swee... Read more
One of the most beautiful contemporary architectural projects in the Algarve is the Biblioteca Municipal Álvaro de Campos in Tavira opposite the Ermida de São Sebastião. This building, designed by architect Carrilho da Graca, stands on... Read more
Between 1959 and 1980, architect Manuel Gomes da Costa (1921-2016) designed four apartment buildings - Tv. Zacarias Guerreiro 3 - arranged in a U-shape on the corner formed by Av. Dr. Mateus Teixeira de Azevedo with the Rua Zacarias Guerr... Read more
This urban villa in Tavira (1932) proudly mentions the name and photo of the architect of this monumental house - Av. Dr. Mateus Teixeira de Azevedo 53. It was for sale and one of the "twin houses" designed by the architect Raul Lino (1879... Read more
A surprising combination of black and yellow tiles - Av. Dr. Mateus Teixeirade Azevedo 54 - in this apartment block on the main entrance roads of Tavira. This Av. Dr. Mateus Teixeirade Azevedo became - arround 1900 - a wide connecting b... Read more
Townhouses Galhardo I (1962) , with Ground floor and 1st floor at the Rua Miguel Bombarda 123-127 This is one of the two Galhardo Buildings - Dr Miguel Bombarda 125A - of the architect Manuel Gomes da Costa (1921-2016), The main façade... Read more
  Townhouses, with commercial space on the ground floor. Rua Miguel Bombarda 118-120 Building Galhardo II - R. Dr. Miguel Bombarda 118 - is an other project from the architect Manuel Gomes da Costa (1921-2016), dated of the year of 1956; ... Read more
It took architect Manuel Gomes da Costa (1921-2016) three years to grant the permit for this House for Joaquim Viegas dos Praceres (1961) at the Rua Dos Mouros 52. The reason for this delay has to do with the requirements set by the Direct... Read more
One of the first buildings to evidence the transition from the Renaissance to “plain style” architecture was this old convent for Augustine monks, - now Pousada do Convento da Graça - which began to be built in 1569 on the site of Tavi... Read more
The holiday home (in red) of Carrilho da Graça, - Rua Dom Paio Peres Correia 14 - the famous architect from Lisbon, who is responsible for the design of Tavira's Biblioteca Municipal Álvaro de Campos. He is also  known for his many hig... Read more
House ALM (2014) from Estudio ODS Arquitectos at the Rua da Liberdade 89  is a project In the urban context of Tavira's inner city. A renovation on a narrow plot with peculiar limits that holds an old house with two floors and a roof at... Read more
Casa Luísa Varela - Rua da Liberdade 75 - is one of the "50 Modernst houses/apartments with a shop in the Rua da Liberdade designed by architect Manuel Gomes da Costa (1921-2016) in 1955.  On a narrow pentagonal plot of 72 m2, with a c... Read more
This project - Rua da Liberdade 30 - was designed in 1959 by architect Manuel Gomes da Costa (1921-2016) for Fernando Martins Lázaro: it consisted of the construction of two houses with two bedrooms and a commercial building on the ground ... Read more
Transport Coordinating Center (next to the river, by architect José Lamas and Carlos Duarte, in an assumed Post-Modern design, from 1985-86. José Lamas was also the architect of the renovation of Palácio da Galeria (Centro Cultural de T... Read more
Housing project by Can-Ran Arquitecture from Lisbon with 11 homes - Rua dos limpinhos / Rua do Santana - in Tavira (2011) The project occupies a prominent place in the city, both for its location on a census and for its proximity to the S... Read more
House Marcos Gil,  - Tv. da Asseca 1 - Tavira The project designed by architect Manuel Gomes da Costa (1921-2016) does not really have much architectural appeal and is the last in the series. It was designed in 1966 and located on the cor... Read more
Town apartments. Rua Álvares Botelho This group of apartments - Rua de Álvares Botelho 10 - in line presents the singularity of being the only equipment of this nature at this time in Tavira. Built in a honeycomb structure, it houses a s... Read more
Cine-teatro António Pinheiro (Old & New) Rua D. Marcelino Franco The "Old" Theatre was finally built in 1968 and broken down in 2018.  this cine-theatre began as a project (see drawing front) by the architect Manuel Gomes da Costa(... Read more
Detached house, with commercial space on the ground floor Rua 1o de Maio, Tavira. This is undoubtedly one of the first and most charismatic buildings of "Modern Architecture" in the city of Tavira. The project is designed by architect ... Read more
Detached house. Rua Dr. Parreira, Tavira. Another emblematic example of a project  - Rua Doutor Parreira 40 Tavira - from the architect Manuel Gomes da Costa(1921-2016). Dating from 1961, once again all the emblematic characteristics of th... Read more
This Art Nouveau house - 1930 Builder / Architect: Captain José Inácio da Conceição - at the Rua 1* de Maio 15 is in two floors and a main facade in Urban Style, with Art Nouveau decorative elements and new construction techniques (suc... Read more
Offer yourTour guide a cup of coffee through this donation link:  For information about a personal Tour: architouralgarve@gmail.com ...

 

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