Discover
Architecture.
Lisbon Port Control Tower: Exterior · 0169
1/6 · Exterior · 0169Photo: Paulo Valdivieso from Lisboa, Portugal · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
Lisbon Port Control Tower: Exterior · Torre de Controlo do Porto de Lisboa, Algés
2/6 · Exterior · Torre de Controlo do Porto de Lisboa, AlgésPhoto: Paulo Valdivieso from Lisboa, Portugal · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
Lisbon Port Control Tower: Exterior · Marine Traffic Control Tower for the Port of Lisbon Authority
3/6 · Exterior · Marine Traffic Control Tower for the Port of Lisbon AuthorityPhoto: Cristovaob · Public domain · source
Lisbon Port Control Tower: Exterior · Cruise ship leaving Lisbon harbour at sunset
4/6 · Exterior · Cruise ship leaving Lisbon harbour at sunsetPhoto: Paulo Valdivieso from Lisboa, Portugal · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
Lisbon Port Control Tower: Interior
5/6 · InteriorPhoto: Vitor Oliveira from Torres Vedras, PORTUGAL · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
Lisbon Port Control Tower: Interior
6/6 · InteriorPhoto: Vitor Oliveira from Torres Vedras, PORTUGAL · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
Photo 1: Exterior · 0169Photo 2: Exterior · Torre de Controlo do Porto de Lisboa, AlgésPhoto 3: Exterior · Marine Traffic Control Tower for the Port of Lisbon AuthorityPhoto 4: Exterior · Cruise ship leaving Lisbon harbour at sunsetPhoto 5: InteriorPhoto 6: Interior

Infrastructure · Contemporary

Lisbon Port Control Tower

Gonçalo Byrne · Lisbon, Portugal · 2001

Key featuresA leaning dark prism at the mouth of the Tagus, with the glazed control room at its tilted top.

Architect
Gonçalo Byrne
Place
Lisbon, Portugal
Year
2001
Typology
Infrastructure
Movement
Contemporary
Region
Europe
See it on the wall

Go deeper

DatabasearchINFORM ↗StructureStructurae ↗LocationMap ↗Projects & drawingsArchDaily ↗Plans & sectionsWikiArquitectura ↗News & featuresDezeen ↗ReadWikipedia ↗WatchYouTube ↗More photosWikimedia Commons ↗

Drift onward

Lotus TempleFariborz Sahba · 1986Macao Science CenterPei Partnership Architects · 2009Montjuïc Communications TowerSantiago Calatrava · 1992Chand BaoriUnknown builders · c. 800Çamlıca TowerMelike Altınışık Architects · 2021Sheikh Zayed BridgeZaha Hadid · 2010