ArchiTourAlgarve - Modernist & More Architecture Walking Tour - Vila Real de Santo António

Discover Modernist Architecture & More in Vila Real de Santo Antonio (VRSA)

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ArchiTourAlgarve - Modernist & More Architecture Walking Tour - Vila Real de Santo António

Vila Real de Santo António, Faro 8900, Portugal

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It all started with the search for the projects of the architect Manuel Gomes da Costa in his hometown: Villa Real de Santo Antonio. We went together; me and my friends/photographers John, Hans and Pascal to record our journey on a video provided with their photos.

Click here to watch the video

Part of the video taken from: Vimeo Arq. Manuel Gomes da Costa - Moderno ao Sul - Cláudia Palma Nunes - https://vimeo.com/7453310

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What You'll See on the Tour

Cottinelli Telmo was not only the architect of the railways, but also the chief architect of the Portuguese World Exhibition in 1940 and co-architect of the most famous monument in Lisbon: 'O Padrão da Descoberta'. But Cottinelli Telmo was... Read more
An apartment building from architect Manuel Gomes da Costa at the Rua de Angola 41. Not only the first we see but also the first in a big block of three different projects of his. One more playful and the other a bit more quiet, but alway... Read more
The second apartment block at the Rua Eufemia 45 by architect Manuel Gomes da Costa. Here some exuberant architecture with colors that seem to dance the samba. Balconies and partitions that form a second facade with alternating openings an... Read more
The thirth apartment building on the corner of Rua de Catarina Eufémia 43 / Rua Zeco Afonso by architect Manuel Gomes da Costa.  The finish on the outer skin is like that of the building next door, only the colors and the windows behind i... Read more
Apartment Building at the Rua de Ayamonte 40/50 by architect Manuel Gomes da Costa. Nice balanced game with large and small balconies with rectangular and round ventilation openings (cobogos). Beautiful horizontal louvres in a subtle pla... Read more
The Mustard building is the 'backside' of of the Rose-House  (project 8. after the next project) and an addition to the existent building on the back of the plot facing Princesa Street. Being Vila Real de Santo Antonio city center heritage... Read more
House / casa palacete designed in 1926 by the architect Raul Lino, for the Spaniard Sebastian Ramirez, the main manufacturer of canned fish in VRSA and owner of the Hotel Guardiana (now Grand House) further away. Later the house passed to t... Read more
This story of the Rose building begins with an old rose building on the riverside avenue of Vila Real de Santo António. The rose-house had a nice and rational facade, but the real treasure was inside. An exotic interior with details such ... Read more
Vila-Real de Santo-António border station Designed by architect Carlos João Chambers Ramos (1897 - 1969), who in 1934 becomes a member of the Customs Works and Barracks Commission of the Republican and Fiscal Guards. Carlos Ramos was a pr... Read more
Bank of Portugal / Public Security Police Station (PSP) designed by the architect: Adães Bermudes Built in 1924 by Rodrigo Aboim and later the seat of the Banco de Portugal delegation.  In 1980s the municipality makes the property avail... Read more
House on Rua Dr. Manuel de Arriaga 29. Architect Unknown. Residential architecture, from the 20th century. Residential building in a corner, inserted in front of a closed block.
Apartment block, which, like the first block, consists of 3 projects by architect Manuel Gomes da Costa. The first block on the corner has special balconies that are somewhat reminiscent of a wheelbarrow. Nice variation in rhythm and dimens... Read more
Second project in the block by architect Manuel Gomes da Costa. Almost symmetrical block, a bit more stately and less playful than the first project.
Third project in the block by architect Manuel Gomes da Costa. Corner block with alternating play between loggias and balconies decorated with round holes and holes for hanging planters. Beautiful graphic mosaic decorations. ...
This Hotel, now the Grand House takes us back for a moment to the early 1900s, when Manuel Garcia Ramirez commissioned Swiss architect Ernesto (Ernst) Korrodi to renovate an existing hotel on the Guadiana River in Vila Real de Santo Antóni... Read more
As the Minister of King José I, the Marquis de Pombal had the rational city of Vila Real de Santo Antonio built in 1773 according to the ideas of the “Enlightenment”. With 41 building blocks in an orthogonal grid as a kind of checkerb... Read more
Market / Green Market Building, now Cultural Center António Aleixo Commercial architecture, by architect Morando Severo from the 20th century (1927) Municipal public market following a standard model used in similar constructions across ... Read more
Public Bathhouse V-shaped plan view, with curved top, consisting of two side legs and a central tower with a small dwelling. The rear facades open onto the patio where the private bathhouse and boiler house are located. 20th century in 'Po... Read more
This small holiday home that architect Manuel Gomes da Costa (1921-2016)  built for himself in Vila Real de Santo António was designed in 1998. Although the last modification of the original project bears the date of June 3, 2005, it is i... Read more
Edifício da Capitania do Porto de Vila Real de Santo António. Architecture, from the 20th century. Harbor Captain's Building, of regular U-shaped plan, with the main facade facing the river, decorated at the top level with a tiled frieze ... Read more
Apartment building from architect Manuel Gomes da Costa at the Rua Jacinto José de Andrade 6. The building is not in the very best state of maintenance, but the quality and the fine-meshed structure with slim steel profiles and wooden pla... Read more
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