| Alfragide Towers | |
| Location: | Amadora, Portugal |
| Start Date: | 1968 |
| Completion Date: | 1974 |
| Building Type: | Residential flats |
| Architectural Style: | Brutalism |
| Material: | Reinforced concrete |
| Architect: | Conceição Silva and Tomás Taveira |
The Alfragide Towers (pt|Torres de Alfragide) are a set of residential buildings in Alfragide, Amadora, Portugal. The complex consists of three residential towers and a shopping centre at ground level, connecting the three buildings. It also contains an underground car park and a complex of swimming pools, currently unused. It is an example of brutalism-influenced architecture.[1]
The three residential towers have different heights, ranging from 10 to 15 floors. Each tower's footprint is similar to a four-leaf clover, with a central services core featuring stairs, elevators and garbage chutes, and four "subtowers" stemming from the core. The apartments feature different layouts, including single-storey flats and two-storey maisonettes.
The two-storey shopping centre at ground level features shops, cafés, and offices. Until the late 1980s it also featured a cinema, currently closed.
Tomás Taveira was the main architect responsible for the project, while working at Conceição Silva's architectural practice.[2] He cites James Stirling as his main influence for this project, especially the University of Leicester's Engineering Building.[3] The project also shares similarities with Alison and Peter Smithson's Robin Hood Gardens estate and Denys Lasdun's Keeling House.[4]