Snapshot: The Famalicão Municipal Market by Rui Mendes Ribeiro

Northern Portugal (Vila Nova de Famalicão)

Rui Mendes Ribeiro’s addition to the historic Famalicão Municipal Market. Photo © Ivo Tavares Studio

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A glass and metal-lattice canopy shades Rui Mendes Ribeiro’s addition to the historic Famalicão Municipal Market, which first opened in September 1952 in northern Portugal. With his intervention, the architect has created a light-filled, protected space, with patterning that references the original structure’s landmark turret.

Photos © Ivo Tavares Studio, click to enlarge.

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Ilana Herzig, a former Associate Editor at Architectural Record, is a Brooklyn-based writer from California. Her writing has appeared in The Brooklyn Rail, The Los Angeles Times, Hyperallergic, & Artsy among others. Ilana holds a B.A. from Northwestern University and a masters from Columbia Journalism School.