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From revolution to our days.
1. Museum of Contemporary Art of Serralves (Porto)
2. Municipal library (Viana do Castelo)
The greatest achievement of these pools
by the sea, supplied with salt water of
the tides, is that they go unnoticed in
the environment, without obstructing the
landscape. Another project of similar
value is the Marginal Avenue and the
surrounding landscape arrangement
that seeks not to alter the natural and
landscape characteristics. In 2004 this
project was updated and incorporated
the oil infrastructure that connected
the port of Leixões and the refinery.
It also took part in other works that
deserve special mention, such as
the remodelling of the Quinta da
Conceição. It had been the former
Franciscan convent, and there the
master showed the possibilities of
joining the contemporary architecture
with an adequate heritage treatment.
Other names stand out as well, such
as Alcino Soutinho, with the buildings
of the Town Hall and the municipal
library of Matosinhos, Eduardo Souto
de Moura, with several buildings,
Marques da Silva or Oliveira
Ferreira. Finally, also in Matosinhos,
the rehabilitation of the “passeio
atlântico” (Atlantic promenade), by
Eduardo Souto Moura, undertaking
the urban renewal of the beach site of
Matosinhos, where before existed old
factories and warehouses.
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