International · City
Aveiro — Silva Rocha and the Capital of Portuguese Arte Nova
A lagoon town of canals and salt pans turned itself, in barely a decade, into the densest concentration…
City
Aveiro
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Portugal · Building
Casa da Cooperativa Agrícola, Aveiro
A working co-operative behind a wall of tiles — pink, purple and red, and dated to the year…
Portugal · Building
Casa do Major Pessoa (Art Nouveau Museum), Aveiro
A 1909 Arte Nova house in Aveiro by Silva Rocha and Korrodi, now Portugal’s Art Nouveau Museum.
Portugal · Building
Casa dos Arcos (Antiga Capitania do Porto), Aveiro
A row of arches gave it the name; Silva Rocha gave it the new style. The civic uses…
Portugal · Building
Casa dos Ovos Moles, Aveiro
A barber below, a doctor above — and a curving Art Nouveau front that now sells the city’s…
Portugal · Tradition
Moliço
Moliço—aquatic vegetation harvested from Aveiro's lagoon—sustains both agricultural tradition and the naval carpentry craft of the iconic moliceiro…
Portugal · Building
Residência Silva Rocha, Aveiro
When the man who taught Aveiro the new style built his own house, he held nothing back.
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