Gold aluminium shutters create "defensive" facade for Portuguese housing block

Architecture studio Bureau des Mésarchitecture has completed an apartment block in Leiria, Portugal, wrapped in concrete and gold aluminium shutters. Situated on a corner site where the old and new neighbourhoods of Leiria meet, the block of five apartments is connected to an existing, yellow-painted 20th century house, which was renovated and converted into two The post Gold aluminium shutters create "defensive" facade for Portuguese housing block appeared first on Dezeen.