Architect Nuno Teotónio Pereira: 100th anniversary
The Portuguese Architects Association announced in 2022 that, due to the 100th anniversary of the birth of architect Nuno Pereira, who...
Portuguese design in Maastricht and where these classics from ADICO can be found in Olhão (Algarve)
Tubular steel furniture with steel or wooden seats is usually very beautiful to look at, but sitting on it is not always a pleasure. In...
Don't Trust the Italians
The song “Italians” by the Belgian artist Raymond van het Groenewoud is one of my favorite songs. Now we have a new Italian store in our...
About manhole covers in Chandigarh & Le Corbusier and a walk through the city of Olhão
In Chandigarh, the city designed by famous French architect Le Corbusier in the 1950s, money is literally on the streets. Le Corbusier,...
“Popular Architecture” & “Modernism” in Portugal
From January 31 to May 15, 2020, there was a very nice photo exhibition about “Popular Architecture” in the municipal museum of Olhão. on...
ArchitourAlgarve in the magazine AlgarvePlus
Nice article with interview about ArchiTourAlgarve in the December/Christmas issue of AlgarvePlus. Click here or on the photo the...
New tour Huelva (Spain)
ArchiTourAlgarve now also has a 'Tour' around the corner in Spain. Discover the surprising Huelva, just half an hour from the border with...
Architects on Netflix, Divorce issues & Italian ice cream in Olhão
Architect Alvaro Siza Both Alvaro Siza and Eduardo Souto de Moura have won the ambitious Pritzker Prize. They are therefore among the...
The transformation of Olhão, romanticization of the past & the loss of authenticity.
The administrators of Olhão in the Algarve were shocked when their fantastic demolition and new construction plan for a 21 m high...
Casa Fuzetta, the prince of Andorra & a free service in Olhão
North of the fishing district Barreta in Olhão at Rua dr. Carlos Fuzeta 27-31 there is a stately mansion with a plaque on the facade. The...
