Signal A Running Record of Findings from the Internet / September 9, 2026

A Lisbon Church Raised Off the Ground, With a Ten-Metre Void Through It

Pedro Matos Gameiro and Joao Favila Menezes lifted the Church of Sao Jose da Boavista clear of its site and cut a ten-metre void down the middle of it. The raised structure and the contrast between materials put the building in a line running back through Le Corbusier and Aalto.

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Church of Sao Jose da Boavista, Lisbon
Church of Sao Jose da Boavista, Lisbon
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