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that Lobo has won prizes for, and was keen to work

on a Lisbon project together. (His last there, in 2015,

was the National Coach Museum in Belém, which

houses a vast collection of historical carriages, a stone’s

throw from Amanda Levete’s Museum of Art,

Architecture and Technology.)

‘The owners asked me if I would mind working with

Paulo,’ says Lobo. ‘I said, “What? Mind? Of course I

don’t mind! It will be incredible. I know all his projects

and he’s a real gentleman”.’ They stuck to the classical

Portuguese apartment block blueprint, where quality

and height are interlinked. ‘The best, most expensive

apartments are always on the top and have higher

ceilings,’ says Lobo. They used local materials: concrete,

tiles and limestone with a pinkish hue, which is found

all over Lisbon. The only wrangle they had was over

the position of the pool. ‘Paulo wanted it on the top

loor, but I said no because there are lots of buildings

with pools on the roof. It’s the third loor, not the

fourth, that feels most connected to the Tagus River.’ »

In Residence

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ABOVE, THE THIRD-FLOOR
DINING ROOM, KITCHEN
AND LOUNGE. AMONG THE
FURNISHINGS IS A METAL-
FRAMED ‘PAULISTANA’
ARMCHAIR BY MENDES DA
ROCHA, UPHOLSTERED IN BLUE
RIGHT, THE SPACE OPENS UP
ON A WEST-FACING TERRACE
AND SWIMMING POOL WITH
VIEWS OF THE CITYSCAPE AND
THE TAGUS RIVER BEYOND