Category: Architecture

Riverside Condominium nominated by ArchDaily for Building of the Year 2025

15 de February, 2025 | Mjarc

The Riverside Condominium, located in Santa Comba Dão, was recently nominated by ArchDaily for Building of the Year 2025 in the residential category. This project, developed by MJARC Arquitetos, stands out for its rehabilitation of an unfinished structure that has marked the local landscape for more than two decades. The intervention aimed to preserve and […]

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Building a house Portugal – steps to building your home

| Mjarc

Building a house or a development is a time-consuming process. Before starting your project, you need to take into account different stages such as the urban planning rules in force (general and for each municipality), public utilities, regulations, among others, until you start building your project. Such as the urban planning rules in force (general […]

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Energy certification – Exemption

12 de February, 2025 | geral@wevolved.com

When we talk about the exemption of energy certificates, we refer to the situation who is exempted or free to pay fees to the energy agency (ADENE), or in some cases the fact of being exempted from requesting the energy certificate. We start with the first situation, the exemption of fees from ADENE. When you […]

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Minimalist Interior Design ideas for small urban space

26 de January, 2025 | Mjarc

Minimalism has emerged as a crucial design strategy for compact urban environments, providing a means of optimising both usability and aesthetics in constrained places. A calm and well-organised atmosphere is made possible by this design, which places an emphasis on efficiency, decluttering, and simplicity. First of all, neutral color palette is a hallmark of minimalist […]

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How to implement passive architecture principles in temperate climates

11 de January, 2025 | Mjarc

Passive decide strategy in architecture encompass a set of sustainable design techniques that harness nature resources to optimise buildings performance, confront and energy efficiency by aligning building design with the local environment. In this article, we will discuss some key principles we would use in our daily architecture design. First of all, orientation and […]

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Impact of architecture on patient well-being in modern hospitals

9 de January, 2025 | Mjarc

Hospital architecture greatly influences the way patients are cared for and the structure of the medical setting. The layout of patient rooms, the addition of amenities and technology, and other aspects of hospital architecture all have an impact on the perceptions of patients, their immediate families, and stuff who works in hospitals. It is cantered […]

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Adene 2024 Fees – Energy Certification

4 de January, 2025 | geral@wevolved.com

Fee values payable to ADENE applicable in 2024 We inform you that the fees charged by ADENE, for the issuance of Energy Certificates, have been reduced (in accordance with Administrative Rule no. 39/2016 of March 7). Amounts of fees payable to ADENE Residential buildings: Typologies T0 and T1: 28,00€ Typologies T2 and T3: 40,50€ Typologies […]

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Online Architect – What Work Architects Can and Can’t Do Online

8 de December, 2024 | Mjarc

Architects can work from home if they have the right software to do their job. Some architectural tasks are easier to do remotely, and others in person. The question remains as to how remote collaboration will evolve if it is not done in person. The good news is that many architectural practices have been working […]

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Biophilia and Architecture – Benefits for health and well-being.

3 de December, 2024 | Mjarc

Biophilic design is based on the belief that human beings have an innate connection to nature and that by bringing elements of the natural world into our built environment, we can improve our health, happiness and overall quality of life. ‘Biophilic design is the deliberate attempt to translate an understanding of the human affinity with […]

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Architect Maria João Andrade – MJARC

12 de November, 2024 | Mjarc

Today we highlight our architect Maria João Andrade, co-founder of the studio MJARC Arquitetos Associados. Discover his professional career, his most notable projects and his opinions on the world of architecture. The starting point, the pioneering project… Graduated in Architecture from ESAP in Porto in 2006, she presented her final thesis with a hospital […]