Season's Greetings

Divino Salvador Church has been inaugurated!

On the past 1st December, D. Manuel Linda, the Bishop of Porto, has celebrated the first ceremony at the new church of Freamunde. For me it was a dream come true. Sometimes it's weird to see something that started in your head, having a life of it's own, when you depend no longer. I'm proud of the final result and I've the impression that the community has embraced the architecture. I have to thank Padre Brito for the confidence he has always shown in my work, and for being so supportive even when things were not going our way. I hope to publish soon new pictures of the building at the project's page.

Divino Salvador Church, Detail from the Baptistery

Eileen Gray

Eileen Gray, Rue de Lota Apartment, 1919

Searching some images for a class, I found myself for a long time leafing through an old book of Eileen Gray. The book isn't too much interesting in terms of writing, but it is a good catalog of her work. What excites me most about Gray's aren't exactly the pieces she conceived, most of them design icons of the twentieth century, but the ability she had of, in the same space, put pieces together from completely different contexts and the set still works balanced and elegant. An interior of Eileen Gray is often a cult and sophisticated space, where no part steals the role from the other, no matter how exotic its origins may be. The pieces live together in perfect harmony.