As we’ve been reporting this week, Portuguese native son Eduardo Souto de Moura was just awarded the 2011 Pritzker Prize.

In honor of the honor — as someone pointed out, the Pritzker is the Nobel prize of architecture — we’ve rounded up ten gorgeous projects built in Portugal. This, of course, is but the tip of the iceberg (see here for the entire archive). Some common traits? Lots of concrete, shaped from the rational to the organic; low, rectilinear volumes that don’t compete with the landscape; and structures situated just so on sites to capitalize on the region’s natural beauty.

Click through to view them all:

Living Foz apartment building by dEMM arquitectura, Porto, 2010.

House at Quinta de Marinha by Areacor, Cascais, 2009.

Cultural Centre by Cristina Verissimo and Diogo Burnay, Cartaxo, 2005.

School Center Parades Alenquer by André Espinho Arquitectura, Alenquer, 2009.

Social Centre Brufe by Imago, Vila Nova de Famalicão, 2010. (It was also featured as an editor’s pick!)

Jorge Guedes House by100 Planos Arquitectura, Vila Pouca de Aguiar, 2010.

Cork House by Arquitectos Anónimos, Esposende, 2007. (Featured here as an editor’s pick.)

Canteen at Primary School No. 1 by dIONISO LAB, Póvoa de Varzim, 2007.

House in Melides by Pedro Reis Arquitecto, Melides, 2010.

Casa No Geres by CORREIA/RAGAZZI Arquitectos, Bicas.

by Kelsey Keith

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