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 SAMI Architects
Inês Vieira da Silva and Miguel Vieira form SAMI architects. They received us in a fluid and lively conversation, much more than an interview, with the presence of Miguel Villar. Read more
A conversation with Eng. António Sousa
‘Brisa stopped seeing infrastructures only as a channel that receives vehicles and focused on people, […] on the global universe of mobility, and is already present in other segments of the chain.’ Read more
A conversation with Arch. José Forjaz
‘In Mozambique, architecture is for the rich and the models that serve them are imposed on the poor […] We are quantitatively more in need than at the outset’ Read more
A conversation with Arch. Paulo Pereira
'It would be very important for the landscape architect to be heard properly and the idea that he only comes to "add the flowers" later, must disappear' Read more
A conversation with Eng. Elias Paulo
‘Mozambique is solid and its great asset, which is its people, is getting better, there are increasingly better professionals who are going to catapult the country to other levels’ Read more
A conversation with Arch. Wolfgang and Arch. Amelie Zichy
'On-site, to explain how to apply the tiles, we made a rectangle on the floor with the complete composition of what we wanted. We do everything, from A to Z. ’ Read more
A conversation with Arch. Mafalda Neto Rebelo
'We are in a transitory time, prices are crazy but areas that were dark are colored, others were born from scratch. There just needs to be a balance.’ Read more
A conversation with Arch. Tiago Saraiva
'We face a problem when the house is no longer associated with a human right and it is permissible to evict people to make way for an Airbnb. Everything was commercialized ’ Read more
A conversation with Arch. Manuel Aires Mateus
‘The client doesn’t draw with us, but we draw with his ambition, translating his individuality, and that takes us away from the banality of the answer’ Read more
