Places
Casa da Arquitectura
Regular Visits
Tours
Visits accompanied by Architects Carlos Maia e Marta Labastida
Maximum 15 people per visit
No reservation required; first-come, first-served
No wheelchair access
Photography allowed
Description
The building, popularly known as Lino Lamps Building, was projected between 1951 and 1953 by architects Arménio Losa and Cassiano Barbosa and was the commission of Sr. Custódio Lino – a reputed lamp maker whose factory was on the same street. Lino lamps are also closely connected to the Escola do Porto [Porto’s School] as they produced pieces for many of their architects. Two of the floors are a shop and showroom and the remaining four are housing – in the last floor there are two studios with a terrace, that were used as lodging for the German technicians that would travel to Porto for long periods of time to repair the factory’s equipment. The showroom was set on the semi-basement of the building, under a community terrace, opening up to the garden on the public space. Despite the small dimensions and the conditions of the fractions, Lino building clearly incorporates and expresses the modern, functional and constructive formal lexicon of architects Losa and Barbosa.
Location
Rua de Olivença, 54
Directions: Google Maps / Apple Maps
Public Transport
Subway: Linha D - Faria Guimarães
Bus: STCP - 701, 702, 703