Our Story

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Two friends, Maria Eugénia Ocantos born in Buenos Aires and Pedro Ramos born in Lisboa acquired the building in 2014 with the dream of renovating it!

'We had no experience in property, architecture nor engeneering. We found José Adrião Arquitetos, that had won a prize for their work in a another building in Baixa de Lisboa, extremely accessible and ready to start working with us.' 

As a surprise to everyone we found frescoes in all the apartments recovered with the work of Elvira Barbosa's team. The building works were also finely executed by the experienced Xlog. 

We are very grateful to everyone that helped us to recover this building's historical dignity and allow it to be part of the History of the City as well as an experience to anyone who visits.

In 2021 we won the Architecture Gulbenkian Heritage Honorary Prize – Maria Teresa e Vasco Vilalva from the prestigious Gulbenkian Jury. 

We also were FAD Interior design Finalist 2021.

We opened doors to visitors since 2021 and are looking to welcome you to stay with us.  

Want to know more?  See below the videos about the refurbishment story.