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. 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
A conversation with Arch. João Góis
'I always try to reflect, in the projects, the personality of their owners. Manage customers' anxieties and choices. There is no better satisfaction for an architect that people live their homes to the full. ’ Read more
A conversation with Eng. João Loureiro
'There is a unique space in Lisbon that aims to disseminate contemporary art and make it reach more people.' Read more
A conversation with Arch. Paulo Cunha
‘The offices (…) that managed to restructure, (…) may come stronger from this conjuncture. The rest struggle (…) on an increasingly narrower wall. ’ Read more
A conversation with Arch. Miguel Pimentel
'Usually, (we design buildings to last for more years) than we are supposed to have in life, and the awareness of this time disparity gives the architect a great responsibility for the transformation task at hand.’ Read more
A conversation with Arch. Bak Gordon
'Architecture needs time. We are transforming a place and it seems that people don't understand that it takes time to think, otherwise the places will be out of character. Architecture requires serenity, it cannot be euphoric.’ Read more
