Showing posts with label Praia do Leca. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Praia do Leca. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 9, 2007

Praia do Leca, Portugal






Will someone please save this beach pavillion! It was designed by Alvaro Siza in the 1950s in Praia do Leca a seaside town outside of Porto Portugal. It is exquisite, the photos don't do it justice. The large concrete swimming pools are set into the ocean and the bathhouse is nestled in the rocks on the shoreline. The oxidized copper roof melts into the sea as the waves crash over the pools. It is sublime, discreet architecture that needs to be restored.