Atrio hotel and restaurant by Mansilla+Tuñón Arquitectos

Built in the heart of a historic town in central Spain, Atrio Relais & Chateaux hotel and restaurant by Mansilla+Tuñón Arquitectos (winner of the 2013 Spanish National Prize of the BigMat International Architecture Award) is an interesting example of how outstanding architecture and design can create contemporary spaces amidst the most traditional heritage. In its […]

Casa Atelier by Inês Lobo Arquitectos

This small scale renovation of two warehouses in the neighbourhood of Beato in Lisbon by Inês Lobo, Jury member of the forthcoming BigMat ’21 International Architectural Award, transformed an industrial estate into two houses and a studio while establishing a dialogue between the new uses and the historic landscape.

Kindergarten Nová Ruda, a small world for children to discover

Today we rediscover the BigMat International Architecture Award ‘19 Czech Republic National Prize, the Kindergarten Nová Ruda in Liberec by Petr Stolín Architekt. Kindergarten Nová Ruda was awarded with the National Prize for Czech Republic in the 2019 BigMat International Architecture Award, described on the words of one of the members of the jury, the prestigious […]

Casa da Severa by José Adrião: spatialness, materiality and urban experience

Following BigMat’s commitment to focus on smaller-scale buildings in its 2021 Architecture Award, we start today a series which will go through the best examples of projects fitting that typology that have been awarded in the last editions. Casa da Severa by Portuguese architect José Adrião was awarded with the National Prize for Portugal in […]

“Currents” and “Beeline”, double intervention by SO – IL at MAAT Lisbon

MAAT is activated with the architectural project designed by NY-based studio SO –IL “Beeline”. The intervention turns the museum into a landscape of encounters and conversations, taking audiences through elevated pathways, stage areas, audio stations, workshop zones and a media room. This large temporary intervention, especially commissioned to host the programme, takes over the entire […]