Building Pictures

All dwellings in Porto's city have a history with Bolhão, and the documentary ‘Back to the City’ (‘De volta à Cidade’) made by Building Pictures, is the story of the Bolhão Market told by the architects (that renewed the material and immaterial heritage of the building), the team of Nuno Valentim (Architecture & Building Rehabilitation), and the market traders. With these stories and images, the documentary portrays the impact architecture can have on improving people's lives.

An exploration of the curious and meticulous eye of Monsieur Hulot, who touches and experiences every detail and guides the spectator as he moves through the Interpretation Center of Romanesque and its exhibition.

A film about the most recent project of the architect Guilherme Machado Vaz, produced by Building Pictures, portraits the last day of Summer at “Casa em Afife.”

João’s House is a renovation project for a small house located in the old part of the city of Porto, close to the Douro River. It is a traditional 19th century ground floor building with wells made with stone, and a wooden roof structure covered with tiles.