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Leça do Balio II House is located in a plot of about 2400 sqm, in the Chantre allotment, in Matosinhos, Portugal.
The project occupies all the area permited by the allotment regulation, with 250 sqm per floor.
In the basement we have the garage, the cinema, the laundry and a suite for the guests. In the grounfloor there is the living room, the kitchen and the office. In the upper floor we have four suites, all of them with a closet and a private bathroom.
Beyond the staircase the horizontal communication between the diferrent floors is made by an elevator.
Raulino Silva is an architect and was born in 1981, in Vila do Conde (Porto).
His work, particularly on the housing theme, has been shown in several exhibitions, standouts include the “Best International Houses”, at Platform Architecture in Venice and the Europe 40 Under 40 Awards from The European Center for Architecture, in Athens.
He took part as a speaker at 2A ArchTalk by 2A Magazine, in Dubai, at The Plan Magazine's Perspective Europe Forum, in Italy, at Pecha Kucha Night in Porto and Lisbon.
He was awarded a medal for merit, gifted by the chief executive of the City Hall.
Main Awards:
2025 - Winner, Big See Awards, na categoria Industrial Buildings/Workspace, Slovenia
2025 - Bronze Winner, IDA Awards, na categoria Residential, USA
2024 - Winner, BLT Built Design Awards, na categoria Residential, Suiça
2024 - 1º Prémio, 2A CAA - Europe Architecture Awards, categoria residential, UAE
2024 – Winner, Architecture MasterPrize, categoria residendial-multi unit, USA
2024 - Gold Winner, IDA Design Awards, Residential category, USA
2023 - Gold Winner, Grands Prix Du Design, Private House category, Canada
2023 - Winner, Paris Design Awards, Architectural Housing category, France
2023 - Winner, BLT Built Design Awards, Residential category, Switzerland
2021 – 1st Prize, Liv Hospitality Design Awards, Others category, Switzerland
2021 – 1st Prize, Lusófonos de Arquitetura e Design Interiores, Housing category, Portugal
2020 - 1st Prize, 2A CAA - Europe Architecture Awards, Public category, UAE
2020 - Winner, International Architecture Award Chicago, Hotels category, USA
2020 - Gold Winner, Muse Design Awards, in the Architectural Hospitality category, USA
2019 – Winner, IF Design Award, Architecture category, Germany
2019 – Winner, Europe 40 Under 40 Awards’18, the European Center for Architecture, Greece
2019 - 1st Prize, International Residential Architecture Awards, Residential category, India
2018 – Winner, Architecture MasterPrize, Residential Architecture category, USA
2017 - Winner Iconic Awards, in the Architecture, Residential Category, Germany
2015 - 1st Prize, Baku International Architecture Award, Architecture category, Azerbaijan