Pablo Rebelo and Pedro Pita set up Pablo Pita in Porto in 2010. A desire to simplify is key to their approach: ‘It seems like a paradox, but it takes time to reduce until you design the “obvious”,’ says Rebelo. ‘We admire Swiss architectural culture,’ he adds, also citing the new Chilean style and the ‘certain ruthlessness’ of modern Belgian design. Built works include the towering Boavista House in Porto, while upcoming are two research huts in Madeira.
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Curtains up, Kid Harpoon rethinks the sound of Broadway production ‘Art’He’s crafted hits with Harry Styles and Miley Cyrus; now songwriter and producer Kid Harpoon (aka Tom Hull) tells us about composing the music for the new, all-star Broadway revival of Yasmina Reza’s play ‘Art’
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To celebrate 50 years in business, Giorgio Armani is opening up his extraordinary archive to everybodyLaunched at the Venice Film Festival, Armani/Archivio is a digital archive charting 50 years of Giorgio Armani through the house’s most memorable designs
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A beach house in Portugal offers up multiple layers of space for contemporary livingWER Studio has completed this concrete beach house on the Atlantic Coast, with opening façades and an expansive terrace
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Wallpaper* Architects’ Directory 2024: meet the practicesIn the Wallpaper* Architects Directory 2024, our latest guide to exciting, emerging practices from around the world, 20 young studios show off their projects and passion
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Casa e a Pedra is a Porto home emerging from a rocky contextCasa e a Pedra by architect François Leite is an urban residential reinvention in Porto, Portugal
