Navigating a quiet revolution: Portugal's current generation of architects are inspired latter-day navigators and explorers of a shrinking world.(Comment)

The Architectural Review | July 1, 2004| | Copyright

Poised on the western periphery of Europe, Portugal has always been on the edge, looking outwards. Since its foundation in the twelfth century, the country's history has been marked by cycles of invasion, occupation exploration, emigration and return. Hemmed in between Spain, its overbearing Iberian neighbour, and the vast watery gulf of the Atlantic, Portugul has long been drawn to the enigmatic, enticing sea. The country set sail in the early fifteenth century and never looked back, its explorers and navigators opening up lucrative trade routes to Africa and India. Today, ...

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