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" The need of beauty is like the light, it should be extended to the most remote actions and reflections of Man. The need of beautifully shaped minds, actions, and gestures, the need of it it in physical complements of objects, the permanent quest for the harmonic and the serene... "

Jose Cornelio da Silva

Villa Dornberg Jose Cornelio Da Silva

Villa von Dornberg, Cascais, Portugal
by Jose Cornelio da Silva

" The Greek and Latin world, so pedagogic and noble, has allowed man to discover a composite face, a genial one, without ever forgetting about his profoundly human and familial structure. - Several concepts surround and guide him: the respect of the world, of nature, of living beings, of the mystery of life, of the purity of trees, animals, etc. as well as the consciousness of the potential of a superior existence. But beyond all of that there exists the revelation that man bears in himself a sparkle of the divine, which he ought to try to aim at and cultivate. "

Jose Cornelio Da Silva

Villa Dornberg

Villa von Dornberg, Cascais, Portugal
by Jose Cornelio da Silva

" The classical design of the house has its roots in the influence of Italian Renaissance architecture and in the tradition of noble Portuguese country houses. "

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Villa von Dornberg, Corner Detail

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Villa von Dornberg, Ionic Capital

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Villa von Dornberg, Garden Elevation

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Villa von Dornberg, Detail from Entrance Facade

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Villa von Dornberg, Entrance Facade
by Jose Cornelio da Silva

House in Portugal(Da Silva&Baganha)

Casa Veloso Matos, Janas, Portugal
by Jose Cornelio da Silva