Raul Lino

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File:Casa dos Patudos 3.jpg
Casa dos Patudos, rural house built in 1905
File:Palácio da Comenda.jpg
House of Casa da Quinta da Comenda, palace built in a rock over the ocean in 1903

Raul Lino da Silva, better known as Raul Lino (Lisbon, 21 November 1879 - 13 July 1974) was a Portuguese architect.

Raul Lino studied in England and in Germany, where he worked with Albrecht Haupt.

Back to Portugal, he designed and built more than 700 projects. Many were in the Mediterranean Revival and Soft Portuguese styles.

He also wrote many books and texts about the theory of the Portuguese people house architecture like A Casa Portuguesa - The Portuguese House (1929), Casas Portuguesas - Portuguese Houses (1933) and L'Evolution de l'Architecture Domestique au Portugal - The Evolution of Domestic Architecture in Portugal (1937).

Some of his most important projects were:

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