These are azulejos, Portugal’s hand-painted tiles that have been decorating buildings and telling stories for centuries. It’s ...

Sitting on a nondescript corner of Porto, allegorical scenes of strife and triumph dance across the facade of Igreja do Carmo in exuberant fashion. From afar, it appears to be a painted mural, ...

Portugal’s stunning ceramic tiles aren’t just for decoration. They’re pieces of history, and they’re also energy-efficient. Visitors to Lisbon, Portugal, appreciate the Convento de Madre de Deus, a ...

Marisa Ferreira and Alba Plaza are running out of time. They're on a crusade to catalog and preserve Portugal's historic Azulejo tiles, and they can't keep up with the destruction. In a second-floor ...

When Catherine Bailey and Robin Petravic were researching their book, “Tile Makes the Room” (Ten Speed Press, 2015), “Lisbon kept coming up,” recalls Bailey, “and we had never been.” So the couple — ...

LISBON – Gaping holes on the crumbling walls of an abandoned palace in the heart of Lisbon mark where decorative ceramic tiles have been yanked off, to the displeasure of passing tourists. LEONOR SA, ...

Porto-based DepA Architects has extended and renovated a traditional Portuguese home, streamlining its floor plan and adding a material and colour palette informed by its original design. The studio ...