Portuguese design
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Urbanism
Sustainable materials, Hollywood campuses and posthumous acclaim for Portuguese designer Daciano da Costa.
Staying power
Checking in at intimate boltholes including a Portuguese hilltop town hotel, a wine shrine in a former Arizona newspaper building, and more characterful new properties worldwide
The Monocle Design Awards 2022
From the smartest greenhouses to the prettiest glassware, the Monocle Design Awards celebrate the most pleasing projects that bring our homes and cities to life.
New wave
Scattered among the dunes and beaches of a Portuguese coastal resort, a series of holiday homes capture the country’s golden age of modernist architecture.
Best in class: Lisbon
A grocery store with a heart, not to mention the highest-quality produce.
In safe hands
The home of one of Portugal’s leading architects now belongs to a family friend and is a much-treasured modernist masterpiece.
Magic touch
Alexandra Champalimaud’s interior-design firm has left its mark on the world’s finest hotels.
Life’s a breeze
Not a Hawaiian shirt in sight – the founders of this Porto seaside brand look to the native fishermen for inspiration.
Soaring symbol
In Portugal, one swallow doesn’t make a summer: thousands of them do. Ceramic versions of the bird are produced in huge numbers and feature in most Portuguese homes. Why the avian allure?
