Rehabilition Projects

A selection of rehabilitation projects carried out over the past few years

Boutique Hotel, Estoril 2022

The project adapts an imposing palacete designed by Arqº Tertuliano Lacerda Marques in 1918 for the industrialist, Alfredo da Silva. The stunning location facing south over the sea is not affected by the railway or the Estrada Marginal, and most of the rooms enjoy fantastic views. For many years the building had been a family home, divided into flats, so our task was to undo these works, upgrade the building infrastructure to meet modern 5* standards and create of a viable hotel operation with a limited number of guest rooms.
Most of the interiors were already spectacular given that Tertuliano Marques was a an architect with a passion for sculpture, but the final interior design by Graça Viterbo has helped make the hotel a destination for the high flyers of this world.

Ribeira Hotel, Porto

The historic Ribeira area of Porto was almost forgotten and becoming derelict when the first phase of the hotel opened in the late 1990's. Even when the extension of the Hotel with 48 new guest rooms began in 2008, little had changed. By the time the this extension opened in 2016, the tourists had truly arrived. The design involved retaining (and in some cases rebuilding) the existing facades of 6 very narrow buildings which face onto two streets, in order to gain another 42 rooms and extensive restaurant facilities. Most of the existing publica reas of the hotel were also refurbished.
Interior design by Atelier de Decoração_Cristina Matos