The Calouste Gulbenkian Museum Courtyard Cafe 2.The ambitious and detailed specifications being based on the presupposition that the new building was to serve as a perpetual homage to the memory of Calouste Gulbenkian, and its lines were to reflect the essential features of his character concentrated spirituality, creative force and simplicity of life...The existing architectural ensemble, simple in line with different areas ably linked together, is surrounded by a green area designed by the landscape architects Gonalo Ribeiro Telles and Antnio Viana Barreto, with lawns, trees, pools and even an open-air amphitheatre.
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