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A disused train station is transformed into a hotel with restaurant and an events space. NOZ ARQUITECTURA NOZ ARQUITECTURA The existing main building of 2 floors - previously the ticket office and station manager accommodation - is turned into a double height restaurant space evoking the grandeur of train stations, overlooking the converted railway turned into a leisure cycle way. NOZ ARQUITECTURA The station goods warehouse is converted to an events space able to accommodate up to 100 seated attendants in dining tables. NOZ ARQUITECTURA NOZ ARQUITECTURA Between the ticket office, now restaurant, and the goods warehouse lied the toilet facilities. The original facilities building is kept but is now the entrance f... More

Element gyms concept was launched by the NOZ studio. The premises were to generate comfortable and appealing spaces with a very small budget. The paintings and lighting are worked in an original way. For the entrance, a network box with an infinite mirror is proposed to provide a different experience upon entering. NOZ ARQUITECTURA NOZ ARQUITECTURA NOZ ARQUITECTURA   More

This wine tasting and regional food store is the refurbishment of the warehouse of an old train station. the building's facades were in very poor condition and the roof was nonexistent. the bold strategy came from reflecting on whether it made sense to remake the past or rethink the future while respecting the past. the proposal is a symbiosis between the past and the future, based on the restoration of the façades and on a new roof inspired by the volumes of traditional Alentejo chimneys and materialized with a contemporary material that is concrete. NOZ ARQUITECTURA NOZ ARQUITECTURA NOZ ARQUITECTURA   More

located in the historic centre of Porto, an existing residential building gains new life. the study starts by ensuring the maximum allowed building area is used, and fit to the building context. NOZ ARQUITECTURA the poor state of conservation of the existing building and lack of any relevant architecture features indicates a new build is the preferred solution to make the most use of the available and volume to create an exceptional building with a high standard interior design. NOZ ARQUITECTURA the proposal recovers the intent of a previous project submitted at the end of the 19th century but for some reason never implement. the arched double height ground level windows provide the scale and discreet grandeur appropriate for s... More

The Bairro das Colónias, in central Lisbon, appeared in the beginning of the 20th century. The owners of this flat, in the 1st floor of a corner building built in 1916, wanted to transform this space, updated and adapted to their requirements. NOZ ARQUITECTURA / Francisco Nogueira The flat develops itself along a corridor from which you access the various rooms. The entrance is highlighted with a soft colour and built-in lighting - a colour box. At the end of the corridor, the kitchen, carrying the same colour, defines the ends of home and the central space from where the rooms develop from. NOZ ARQUITECTURA / Francisco Nogueira The wooden flooring of light tones, and the white washed walls maximize the available natural... More