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arquitectura viva
p u b l i c a t i o n | H A L O
2 0 2 4
"La torre de ascensores Halo Vigo está rematada con un anillo visible desde diferentes puntos de la ciudad gallega de Vigo. Situado en la calle Serafín Avendaño, el ascensor urbano conecta la cubierta de la estación intermodal de Vigo —un proyecto de la firma Morphosis,.."
designboom
p u b l i c a t i o n | H A L O
2 0 2 4
"Architecture firms NOARQ, AM2 Arquitectos, and engineering firm Arenas Y Asociados introduce Halo, a soaring urban elevator with a circular aerial passage in Vigo, Spain. Originally conceived for an international architecture competition, the project integrates..."
h i c a r q u i t e c t u r a
p u b l i c a t i o n | H A L O
2 0 2 4
"More than an elevator, the “Halo” proposal is a tribute to the horizon. A ring of light visible from multiple points in the city, an advertisement and a landmark. A sculpture of pure lines, the union of engineering, architecture and art..."
a f a s i a
p u b l i c a t i o n | H A L O
2 0 2 4
“Halo” es una respuesta a las preguntas correctas, un icono y una escultura. Más importante que una respuesta, es una pregunta acertada, y las preguntas fueron claras: ¿se puede intervenir sin cegar las vistas del atrio central de la nueva estación intermodal?, ¿se pueden en una misma..."
a r c h d a i l y
p u b l i c a t i o n | T I h o u s e
2 0 2 3
"TI House, a 20-year history of an abandonment.
The house is in of Santo Tirso. We found a two-story contemporary house abandoned very close of its conclusion. It was a very solid concrete construction, with excellent infrastructures, but with many signs of vandalism..."
a r c h i t e c t u r a l r e c o r d
p u b l i c a t i o n | R A I A T
2 0 2 3
"Until November of last year, Trofa was the only municipality in Portugal without a town hall. Though it lies on an ancient route that dates back to the Roman Empire, the small industrial center only gained administrative autonomy in..."
the best new architects
p u b l i c a t i o n | A Q U A V A I
2 0 2 1
There are landscapes that seem perfect, finished. Touching them can mean corrupting them. Faced with the splendour of the ocean, a swimming pool will never cease to be a fantasy, a representation of the desire to possess part of w...
a r c h d a i l y B r a z i l
p u b l i c a t i o n | T M C a p a r t m e n t
2 0 2 1
Descrição enviada pela equipe de projeto. A renovação de um apartamento é metade de um exercício de arquitetura. Falta o confronto com o papel vazio. Falta a dimensão urbana. Falta a expressão das grandes opções individuai...
d e s i g n c e n t r a l m a g
a r t i c l e | R P F V h o u s e
2 0 2 1
Minimalist house coated with schist walls by NoArq. See how NoArq, a architecture studio based in Portugal, solved a three floors steep with a minimalist approach and respecting the local materials. Share it on your favorite pla...
o n o t i c i a s d a T r o f a
p u b l i c a t i o n | Q S T h o u s e
2 0 2 0
A NOARQ, atelier do arquiteto trofense José Carlos Nunes Oliveira, está entre os vencedores do Architecture MasterPrize 2020 (AMP), concurso que premeia projetos nas áreas de arquitetura, design de interiores e arquitetur...
e s p a ç o d e a r q u i t e t u r a
p u b l i c a t i o n | Q S T h o u s e
2 0 2 0
"São 9 os projetos portugueses finalistas dos Dezeen Awards 2020, estando estes finalistas dividos na lista de arquitetura e de interiores. Foram selecionados mais de 4.300 inscrições de 85 países, para a 3ª edição do d..."
f u t u r i s t a r c h i t e c t u r e
p u b l i c a t i o n | T. a p a r t m e n t
2 0 2 0
"It is a project of renovation of a Souto de Moura apartment from 1992 that bought by a couple located in Foz do Douro, Porto, Portugal. At first, NoArq is not sure to do the renovation of this masterpiece but in the end, this projec ..."
f u t u r i s t a r c h i t e c t u r e
p u b l i c a t i o n | E D & J O h o u s e
2 0 2 0
"ED&JO House is a 2013 – 2018 project located in Vila Nova de Famalicão, Braga, Portugal. The aim is to demolish a single-family dwelling then build another one in the center of V. N. de Famalicão. The gross area of this ..."
f u t u r i s t a r c h i t e c t u r e
p u b l i c a t i o n | Q S T h o u s e
2 0 2 0
"Located in Vila Nova de Famalicão, Braga, Portugal, QST Renovation is a 2014 – 2019 project by NOARQ. This beautiful house is like a fortification, rises from broad blocks of blue granite into the wilderness. Each constructive pie..."
f u t u r i s t a r c h i t e c t u r e
p u b l i c a t i o n | R P F V h o u s e
2 0 2 0
"Located in Santo Tirso, Porto, Portugal with 2157.30 m2 in size, RPFV House is a three-story house designed by NoArq. Started in 2013 and completed in 2018, this house is designed with a new construction merges into the morph..."
a r c h d a i l y
p u b l i c a t i o n | Q S T h o u s e
2 0 2 0
"The house rises from broad blocks of blue granite into the wilderness, like a fortification, indistinct from the supporting walls at the edge of the street. It backs up the old farmland, now transformed into a garden. The silhouette embedde..."
A r c h i t i z e r
p u b l i c a t i o n | Q S T h o u s e
2 0 2 0
p r o j e c t o f t h e w e e k
"Q S T h o u s e | 2 0 2 0 adds a modern twist to an old country house in Santo Tirso, Portugal. #ProjectOfTheWeek Check out the full project here: https://arc.ht/33bkKv2..."
a r c h i t e k t u r F A C H M A G A Z I N
p u b l i c a t i o n | Q S T h o u s e
2 0 2 0
"Im ländlichen Gebiet nordöstlich von Porto gelegen, ersteckt sich hinter einer hohen Mauer ein ehemaliges Farmhaus, das von den ansässigen Architekten NOARQ mit viel Gefühl in ein privates Wohnhaus verwandelt worden..."
A E C C a f é
p u b l i c a t i o n | T M C a p a r t
2 0 2 0
"A flat renovation is a bit of an architectural exercise. It misses the stress facing the empty paper. It misses the urban dimension. It misses the expression of the big individual options. It misses the complexity, time and length of the f..."
a f a s i a
p u b l i c a t i o n | Q S T h o u s e
2 0 1 9
"The house rises from broad blocks of blue granite into the wilderness, like a fortification, indistinct from the supporting walls at the edge of the street. It backs up the old farmland now transformed into a garden. The silhouette embedded..."
L A N A C I O N
i n t e r v i e w | N O A R Q
2 0 1 9
"Buenos Aires es, a los ojos de renombrados exponentes de la arquitectura mundial que participan en la Bienal Internacional de Arquitectura, una ciudad "bella", "cautivante", "imponente", "europea". Los expertos en la disciplina aprovechan estos días ..."
b a u n e t z_ w i s s e n_
p u b l i c a t i o n | R P F V h o u s e
2 0 1 9
"In einer Gegend, die vom Weinbau geprägt ist, und einer Landschaft, in der Schieferböden keine Seltenheit sind, erscheint ein terrassiertes Wohnhaus mit Schiefermauern nicht ungewöhnlich. Das RPFV House in der nordportugie..."
a f a s i a m a g a z i n e
p u b l i c a t i o n | R P F V h o u s e
2 0 1 8
"The proposal was made for a plot of land with 1697 m², where 112 m² were covered area that corresponded to a demolished two-floor house and attic that had a total floor area of around 300 m². Out of the 1697 m² of land on..."
t h i s i s p a p e r
p u b l i c a t i o n | E D & J O h o u s e
2 0 1 8
"NOARQ is an architectural practice based in Porto. it was established in 1998 by José carlos Nunes de Oliveira and, since then, studio has evolved into an area of research, creation and production. Present project, named ED&JO ..."
d e z e e n
p u b l i c a t i o n | E D & J O h o u s e
2 0 1 8
"This house in Portugal, designed by architecture studio NOARQ, features a large curving canopy that wraps around a south-facing patio. Casa ED&JO is a single-family house located in Vila Nova de Famalicão, a town north ..."
a r c h d a i l y
p u b l i c a t i o n | M & M 's h o u s e
2 0 1 8
"Uma moradia unifamiliar. Um terreno com 1500 m2, na Trofa. Da rua do Carvalhinho, a norte, a topografia desce 2,4 m para a via confinante a sul, a EN104. A nascente, a cota de solo do confrontante eleva-se 2 m a..."
w o r l d a r c h i t e c t u r e
p u b l i c a t i o n | E D & J O h o u s e
2 0 1 8
"Smooth curvy roof a Portuguese house wraps the whole house along with the existing topography, which gives a shape to the Casa ED&JO house in Famalicão, Portugal.
Designed by Portugal-based architecture firm NOARQ, t..."
d i v i s a r e
p u b l i c a t i o n | L I R I O I & I I
2 0 1 8
"Bread is an old man. It subsisted Methuselah. It is humble, ancestral. It stopped being domestic and became the place of meeting and coming together. They asked me to renovate a bakery where I have been a customer since I was a ch..."
d e z e e n
p u b l i c a t i o n | M A M I h o u s e
2 0 1 7
"Faced with the difficult task of delivering a family house for less than €100,000, Portuguese architect José Carlos Nunes de Oliveira designed this cuboidal concrete property. Nunes de Oliveira, who leads architecture stud..."
d i v i s a r e
p u b l i c a t i o n | C E N Á R I O c a f é
2 0 1 7
"“... food isn't working, I want to sell drinks!” At its 7th life, a tiny restaurant that came back as a bar. All that remained of the dining room was the owner, the license and the tiny 50 m2. The complexity of the programme was endless from t..."
d i v i s a r e
p u b l i c a t i o n | J S a p a r t m e n t
2 0 1 7
"The building makes a corner of bevelled corners, resulting in a strange geometry of spaces within the fractions. The t2 has 70 m2 of gross area and almost nothing in the useful areas. The walls take up too much space. The architectur..."
f r a m e
p u b l i c a t i o n | N P h o u s e
2 0 1 3
"Following a programme which envisioned the expansion and renovation of a house in a small town in the North of Portugal, architect José Carlos Nunes de Oliveira, founder of the Porto-based studio NoArq, transformed..."