To provide a publication designed for the internet with the body and graphic concept of a magazine or a book is the complement to 3 years of images in ultimareportagens, with special dossiers, audio slide-shows and a small collection of FG + SG books of photography on contemporary Portuguese architecture.
Últimasmag is yet another form we use to transmit architecture and hence our work. And to coincide with últimas’ third anniversary, this first number has a special flavour.
Each bilingual edition will focus on an architectural work of special and topical relevance, analysed in a complete dossier including everything from sketches to critical texts, building blueprints and, of course, photographs. It will be regularly available and completely free for online reading or to download in order to collect or print. The choice is yours.
The Adega Mayor by architect Álvaro Siza located in Campo Maior inaugurates this publication. It is an ideal opportunity to showcase a recent work of photography that shows a lingering visit to one of the Portuguese master’s most recent works.
After recent intermittent or even timid architectural interventions in wineries in the Douro region, this completely new project in the Alentejo brings a practice to national wine production that is beginning to be common in the wineries of countries like Spain, France, Italy and the United States, in which wine production and commercialization start with the buildings themselves, contributing added value, giving them their own identity, beyond creating a more efficient system of production. The return on investment also translates in the marketing of the wine production itself, providing it with an image that coincides with the cult of wine.
I will soon return to the winery, with a special cover story: the harvests…
Next on ultimasreportagens.
As the magazine is made for you, I’ll be expecting emails with your opinions and suggestions.

I hope you find the últimasmag 01 pleasing and useful. See you soon.