Built for the 1998 Lisbon World Exposition, the building was designed by Álvaro Siza Vieira to be the thematic centerpiece of the festival and the host country’s national pavilion.
The eye-pleasing photos focuses on coal mining and the consequences it causes to the environment. “Lignite is still one of Germany’s largest energy suppliers.
The P-L Series takes its cues from the post-and-lintel system that was employed within ancient Greek, Indian and Egyptian architecture, being a building system that utilizes vertical post-like elements to carry horizontal lintels.