1992 – Belém Cultural Centre, Lisbon, Portugal

A new cultural center, to the west of the Praça do Império, which was opened in 1993, the Belém Cultural Centre consists of a conference center and two concert halls with 400 and 1,500 seats respectively. A parking lot and restaurants are included in the ultra modern Centro Cultural, which was designed by Vittorio Gregotti and Manuel Salgado. The fantastic stone massing gives it an air of defendability and medieval solidity. It consists of blocks with courtyards that interconnect the three principal structures, a Conference Centre, a Performing Arts Centre, and an Exhibition Hall. Each centre is separated by “streets”, that link the building’s interiors but which are extensions of the city of Lisbon’s historical urban structure. The Belém Cultural Centre won the International Stone Architecture Award at the Verona Fair in 1993.

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