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. Carlos Ribas
'The principles of sustainability have always been those of landscape architecture [...] The national circumstance of having "specialist" professions that understand nothing about the territory means that we have a growing dehumanization of the landscape and a very strong dynamic of unsustainability' Read more
A conversation with coach Jaime Langa
'Sport is a factor in inclusion, equality, participation in social life, acceptance of differences and respect for the rules. Rugby in particular is a game that demands a lot of these factors' Read more
A conversation with Eng. Jorge Pereira
'VR1 is a road (...) built on a rugged terrain. Around 70% of our infrastructure is, roughly speaking, bridged or tunneled and this sets us apart from most concessions' Read more
A conversation with Eng. Carlos Fernandes
'The National Infrastructure Plan 20-30 [which provides for] the construction of high-speed lines is already taking its first steps. [On the other hand, the assets that are no longer needed for road-rail operation [are being] rehabilitated and reused for other purposes' Read more
A conversation with Arch. Gilberto Pedrosa
'The genesis of SPACEGRAM was based on the promise to free projects from the most expected or recycled design solutions, always betting on a strong conceptual approach as the motto for its development' Read more
A conversation with Arch. Rodrigo Sampayo
'Brandchitecture is based on the philosophy that a successful organization is sustained by motivated teams. It is with this vision that OPENBOOK has developed projects that reflect its clients' DNA' Read more
A conversation with Arch. Mário Serrano e Margarida Fonseca
"We try to offer a pragmatic [...] but poetic response. Poetics is superfluous, but also what elevates mere construction to art! We hope to build architecture with a big "A"' Read more
A conversation with Arch. Paulo Perloiro
'The profession of architect began on the day of my first college assignment [...] The studio was a place of intellectual conviviality and discussion... for a few years, it was a kind of architecture boarding school... a studio house' Read more
A conversation with Marko Rosalline
'Design is linked to personality, voice, the definition of what constitutes and defines a brand. [...] passes through all the intangible ideas associated with the project, and in the way in which they are composed and exist in the output [...] to achieve maximum impact, relevance and timelessness' Read more
