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MONOLITH · ATELIEREST. MCMXCIIPORTO / TOKYO12 PROJECTS · 2026 INDEXRIBA GOLD MEDAL · 2024AR+D AWARD · 2023

Selected works · 2022 — 2026

Four projects.
Fifteen years.

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Private residence

2026

I

Comporta, Portugal

Casa Amarela

2026
Private residence

A 380m² concrete house set into a pine forest, organized around a 14m-long reflecting pool. Built for a family that hosts music retreats.

Cultural

2024

II

Naoshima, Japan

The Reading Room

2024
Cultural

A single-room library at the base of a hill, buried three metres below ground. Top-lit through a slit that follows the sun.

Transit · Civic

2023

III

Porto, Portugal

Estação Vila Nova

2023
Transit · Civic

Conversion of an 1870s rail depot into a city library. 900m² of preserved structure with a new insertion of blackened steel and oak.

Prototype

2022

IV

Hokkaido, Japan

Tent / Prototype

2022
Prototype

A 42m² snow-country hut of charred cedar, triple-glazed glass and wool batts. Off-grid for six months of the year.

— Philosophy · III

“Buildings outlive us. They should be designed slowly and repaired patiently. We make four buildings a decade, not forty a year.”

Luísa Almeida

Founder · Monolith Studio

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We begin every commission with a visit to the site — unhurried, at different times of day. Tell us about yours.

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