“Silently nestled between hill and vineyard”: A Portuguese winery by Studio Nicholas Burns

With a base in Australia, Studio Nicholas Burns has a decidedly global reach. The design practice has worked in eleven countries so far and its team of architects is spread across Portugal, Mexico, Indonesia, Japan and Singapore. “We utilise what we learn across cultures and value the team’s different perspectives, languages and understandings,” says Nicholas Burns. “The Portugal projects started after a chance meeting through a friend of a friend. I met the client on the