News & Interviews
At BETAR, not only we value sharing our news, but particularly value the act of listening and learning from the experts with whom we collaborate and come across in our day-to-day activities: that's why our interviews were born.
A conversation with Arch. Matos Veloso and Arch. Gomes Ribeiro
'I lived in Africa for many years but I was not forced to emigrate. At this moment, it is in Mozambique that the possibility of exercising the activity is.’ Read more
A conversation with Arch. Bartolomeu Costa Cabral
'I've always had a rational attitude in projects, I thought I would not be a great architect in the visual aspect, because my security is the analysis of the site and the program, the image comes later.' Read more
A conversation with Arch. Catarina Sousa and Arch. Gilberto Oliveira
’With the demographic reduction we are seeing, what is not sustainable is the size of the built territory. There are hundreds of thousands of empty buildings in Portugal and we will lose almost 10% of the population.’ Read more
A conversation with Arch. Alberto de Souza Oliveira
‘Architecture is art… I think it’s a joy to meet clients who like to live in our spaces… and to inhabit places where they can dream’ Read more
A conversation with Arch. Maria João Carvalhão Duarte and Arch. Alfredo Saldanha
’We do everything: the bureaucratic part, mail, copies, run errands, decipher incompatible legislation. We aren't always fulfilling top functions!’ Read more
A conversation with Arch. Luís Cabral
‘Architecture that designs buildings can enclosure an environment without external factors, with lighting and air conditioning. Outside, you need to deeply understand the signs of the landscape. ' Read more
A conversation with Arch. José Barra
'Architecture is in a state of schizophrenia. One day it is euphoric for the two Pritzker prizes and the next day depressed because it realizes that has to emigrate to survive. ’ Read more
A conversation with Arch. Alexandre Marques Pereira
‘As the world gets richer, so does our work. The language must be contemporary and the references adapted without complexes. ’ Read more
A conversation with Arch. Jorge Silva
‘I attribute to architecture the role of social intervention and public responsibility, it is not just an act between architect and owner, it has to respond to the city’ Read more
