Pablo Pita
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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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Ellie Stathaki is the Architecture & Environment Director at Wallpaper*. She trained as an architect at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece and studied architectural history at the Bartlett in London. Now an established journalist, she has been a member of the Wallpaper* team since 2006, visiting buildings across the globe and interviewing leading architects such as Tadao Ando and Rem Koolhaas. Ellie has also taken part in judging panels, moderated events, curated shows and contributed in books, such as The Contemporary House (Thames & Hudson, 2018), Glenn Sestig Architecture Diary (2020) and House London (2022).
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