For more than twenty years, I have explored Portugal and the world through writing, travel and storytelling, with articles published in national and international press and a TV Show dedicated to hospitality and culture, filmed in Portugal, Amsterdam and New York.

This is my digital portfolio, a curated collection of places, people, stories and experiences, from Portugal and beyond, with a special focus on the Azores and Switzerland.

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Aires Mateus ganha concurso para Mesquita em Bordéus

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O arquitecto Aires Mateus ganhou o concurso da Fédération de la Gironde Musulmane para o Centro Muçulmano de Bordeaux. A proposta portuguesa venceu quatro gabinetes de arquitectura franceses: o Poly Rythmic Architecure, o atelier Lion Associés, o atelier Marjan Hessamfar-Joe Verons Architectes,e o arquitecto Éric Lapierre. A notícia chegou-me pelo ArchDaily e o projecto ao contrário das formas mais vulgares das mesquitas apresenta-se com formas ondulantes. Gosto muito.

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