POET ARCHITECTURE

15/10/2026

Zack House by Craig Ellwood. Crestwood Hills, Los Angeles, USA, 1952. Photographer unknown.

14/10/2026

14/10/2026

Not all doors are alike. A wall without a door is a prison or a fortress. An open door shows. A closed door compels us to imagine. A door is not only an image. It has body, it is felt: the weight as it gives way, the temperature of the handle, the sound it makes as it closes. Each has an identity of its own. This one stands in a courtyard. Throughout the day the sky changes, and the wall receives that change. The door does not. Its orange is a constant force. It is the only element in the courtyard that does not depend on light to exist. It is presence. Its size is not innocent either. It rises from the ground to the top of the wall: it does not open the wall, it cuts through it. It is taller than the body that passes through it. Only in the handle do we perceive the human scale. While it is closed, we do not know what lies on the other side, and that mystery holds us. It is boundary, passage and closure at once, and it need not choose. Before we open it, we are already in dialogue with it.

M. Caldi

13/10/2026

Suspension. In architecture.

Conceptual project by Ismail Seleit. AI-generated image.

11/10/2026

Simplicity at Kiyomizu-dera, Kyoto-shi, Nihon.

07/10/2026

Baldwin House by Arthur Erickson. Burnaby, Canada, 1965. Photograph by unknown.

06/10/2026

Caja Vacía, sculpture by Jorge Oteiza, 1958. Fundación Museo Jorge Oteiza collection. Photograph by Luis Prieto.

04/10/2026

A Roiba by Ramón Vázquez Molezún. Bueu, Spain, 1967-1969. Photographer unknown.

04/10/2026

Casa d'Abreu Neto by Álvaro Siza. Matosinhos, Portugal, 1954-1956. Photograph: Casa d'Abreu Neto Archive.

Siza's first work, designed while still a student for Fernando Neto and Maria Fernanda d'Abreu. It never left the family: today it is in the hands of their granddaughter, Maria Manuel Neto.

Between 2022 and 2024, Siza himself renovated it. Not a museum, but a living experience of architecture, through stays, visits, events and gatherings.
www.casadabreuneto.com

The documentary "O Primeiro Siza", produced by Building Pictures, tells of the architect's return to his first work, decades later. Available on Filmin and CaixaForum+.

The book "O Nosso Arquitecto", by Maria João Neto, daughter of the original owners, tells the story of the house and the d'Abreu Neto family.