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. José Neves
‘One of the few certainties I have about architecture is that we should only destroy or replace what we can do better.’ Read more
A conversation with Arch. Miguel Berger
'In Luanda I feel at home. During the first days I walked with a camera in my hand, touched by the buildings. I really like being here, my life started again at 40. ’ Read more
A conversation with Arch. José Laranjeira
‘The idea of a ‘master’ is something that is being lost because there is no dynamic for this kind of relationships that were established in the ateliers, when I started the profession.’ Read more
A conversation with Arch. Tiago Saraiva and Arch. Andreia Salavessa
‘There is architectural work to do in the country and people need it, what doesn’t exist is money. We identify the problems and apply to resolve them.’ Read more
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
