"Today, memory and forgetting have gained the sounds and silences that make up the voice of our time," one can read in the editorial of Electra's eighth issue, announcing the theme of this edition's d
Designed Future is a journey through the modern era: our life in cities, the Americas, new territories and the old continent, of vision and design as essential tools for building the future. As the mo
Youth - the eternal and ephemeral - is the focus of Electra's fifth issue. Presenting this topic it is said that "the very high share that the idea of youth holds in the aesthetic-social considering
This richly illustrated monograph explores the city-building aspirations of the Brazilian modern masters through their buildings in Sao Paulo. Works by Vilanova Artigas, Lina Bo Bardi, Salvador Candia
The first great work in Europe by one of the most acclaimed contemporary architects, the Brazilian Paulo Mendes de Rocha, Golden Lion by the Venice Biennale 2016 and the Pritzker Prize in 2006. It is
"In These Great Times" is the topic of the first edition file, published in March 2018. This topic unfolds from the quote of a famous text of the Viennese writer of early XX century, Karl Kraus. This
"There is stupidity in every era, but each era has its own kind of stupidity" Flaubert. This subject is approached in this edition by Yves Michaud, Philosophy professor and art critic, with an essay
POROSIS invites an intense look at the work of the new figure in the Porto School of Architecture, after Eduardo Souto Moura and Alvaro Siza. The singularity of Nuno Brandao Costa's work lies in his s
Public without Rhetoric brings together 12 public building projects created by Portuguese architects, whose construction was completed between 2007 and 2017, a decade ravaged by the severe financial a
