Last Guided Tour | LFA AWARD Exhibition 2025

Following the success of the open class on 3 October, which brought together the academic community of the University of Porto around the Luis Ferreira Alves Award exhibition at the Old Town Hall, a new guided tour open to the public will take place next Saturday, 8 November.

The session will be covered by Canal 180, reinforcing the visibility of this initiative that brings the city, professionals and the general public closer to the contemporary languages of photography and architecture.

Lasting approximately one hour, the tour offers an opportunity for discovery and dialogue around the Luis Ferreira Alves Award exhibition – International Photography Competition “A Contemporary Look at Architecture”. The main guide will be Pedro Leão Neto, coordinator of the Award and lecturer at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto (FAUP), where he is a researcher and teaches several courses dedicated to photography and architectural project communication.

The tour includes a brief introduction to the context and objectives of the Award, a presentation of the winning series and honourable mentions, and a guided tour of the exhibition with five thematic stops. The proposed readings address different ways of representing built space — from a poetic and sensitive perspective to photography as an instrument of research and memory. Researchers Maria Neto and Ana Miriam Rebelo (AAI) will also participate, contributing complementary perspectives on image, territory, and architecture.

These actions to promote the Luis Ferreira Alves Award count on the active collaboration of all partners, with special emphasis on the main promoter, the Porto City Council (CMP), and FAUP, the organising entity and research headquarters of Pedro Leão Neto. The aim is to bring the city and the community closer together, stimulate public interest in architectural photography and create a meeting place for authors, students and citizens curious about how images help to understand heritage and urban life.

The visit is free and open to everyone, being aimed at students, photographers, architects, teachers, researchers, municipal technicians and anyone interested in the relationship between image, architecture and the city.

Through this and future initiatives, the Luis Ferreira Alves Award reinforces its role as a platform for dialogue between art, architecture and society, promoting contemporary visual culture and broad access to knowledge and reflection on the space we inhabit.

Date: Saturday, 8 November

Location: Antiga Casa da Câmara, Porto

Duration: 11:30 a.m. – 12:35 p.m.

Coordination: Pedro Leão Neto (FAUP / LFA Award)

Guests: Architect Maria Neto (AAI) and Researcher Ana Miriam Rebelo (AAI)

Organisation: Luis Ferreira Alves Award / FAUP

With the support of: Porto City Council

Coverage: Canal 180

Admission is free, and the organisers recommend registering in advance