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House in Belém
A 1933 house by Raul Lino in Lisbon, carefully preserved and extended with a ceramic-tiled volume above a glazed ground floor.
The ceramic-tiled extension above the glazed ground floor, seen from the rear courtyard.
- Practice
- Borges de Macedo Arquitectura
- Year
- 2026
- Photographer
- Nuno Almendra
- Project area
- 120 m²
- Building levels
- 2
The project
House in Belém is the renovation and extension of a small house in the Casas Económicas das Terras do Forno neighbourhood in Lisbon. The original 45 m² dwelling was designed by Raul Lino in 1933, and the project turns it into a 120 m² home on two levels.
The first-floor geometry, roof, traditional walls, openings, decorative details and clay-tile roof of the original house were retained. A new extension to the east and rear steps away from the alignment of the neighbouring façades and takes its own architectural language.
The extension pairs an opaque, ceramic-tiled upper level with light glazing on the ground floor, so the living room opens directly onto the rear courtyard. Bioclimatic design and energy efficiency guided the project from the start.
A timber stair rising through the house beside built-in shelving.
A shower room lined with blue tiles.
Living and dining space with herringbone floors and a wood-burning stove.
The ground-floor living room opening to the courtyard through full-height glazing.
The glazed ground floor of the extension beside the garden.
Kitchen with pale timber cabinetry and patterned floor tiles.
The rear courtyard, with the living room opening onto the garden.
A bathroom with yellow patterned tiles beneath the window.
Credits
- Architect
- Borges de Macedo Arquitectura
- Photographer
- Nuno Almendra
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