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AT A GALLOP
In the heart of the Belém district in Lisbon,
Portugal, Paulo Mendes da Rocha, MMBB,
Afaconsult and Ricardo Bak Gordon – winner
of the prestigious Pritzker Architecture
Prize in 2006 – have established a daring
architectural dialog between old and new.
The National Coach Museum seems to be
spread across two eras: a first Neo-classical
building constructed in 1787, stands opposite
a second, resolutely contemporary one,
inaugurated more than two centuries later.

To provide an experience worthy of the 74 coaches
it contains, the museum – inaugurated in 1905 and
housed in the old Royal Riding School – had no choice
but to expand. The new building has a hall with a vast
nave linked to an annex via an impressive viaduct.
The sleek ensemble comprises rectilinear walls,
sparsely pierced by banks of light. The sublime
coaches are exhibited to visitors like paintings
against a white background, highlighting
their marvelous attributes. This modern
Museum architecture blends perfectly with the
traditional decoration of Azulejo tiles
22 across the Afonso de Albuquerque 23
PIECES Square. A work legitimately
awarded the Prix International
des Critiques d’Architecture

NATIONAL COACH MUSEUM in 2015.
LISBON (PORTUGAL)
PAULO MENDES DA ROCHA, MMBB, BAK GORDON ARQUITECTOS,
AFACONSULT

DELABIE products installed:
BINOPTIC electronic basin tap (Ref. 378015)
Pre-rinse set with mixer and telescopic spout (Ref. G6632)
and other ranges of accessories