The central exhibit was impressively housed within the cavernous Museum of Electricity and shows 30 local architects' takes on how to rehouse the inhabitants of Cova da Moura – a North of Lisbon area - without losing the strong social bonds that allow the community to co-exist peacefully.

里斯本建筑三合会第二版是伊比利亚半岛最年轻也是最重要的建筑节日之一，于10月20日在适当的庆祝活动中启动；名字包括彼得·库克爵士、艾莉丝·马特乌斯、艾莉森和彼得·史密森、埃德·鲁沙、埃尔姆格林

Architect Clàudio Vilarinho won the public competition to design the exhibition interior at the Museum of Electricity

Claudio Vilarinho expresses his own ideas on urban dwelling at the Museu da Electricidade in Lisbon

Judges go through the dozens of maquettes for a smaller project slated for a suburb of Angola's capital Luanda at the Electricity Museum

Les Grands Moulins du Pantin, photographed by Stan Douglas - one of the pieces of art aimed to trigger discussion on the social aspect of architecture and its ethical componnent today - a main focus of the Triennale

The exhibition at the Museu do Chiado explores the crossover between architecture and art. This piece is called Arc de Triumph, by Jimmie Durham

Marepe, by Rio Fundo, 2004 - another example to spark debate of where art meets architecture

Oil on Canvas by Joaquim Rodrigo, 1955, shown at the Museu do Chiado

One Man Houses iV, by Thomas Schütte, 2005, shown at the Museu do Chiado

An installation in the 'Let's Talk about Houses' exhibition at the Museu Colecçao Berardo. The writing on the wall and words from the audio is a critique on Portugese construction in Angola and what is happening regarding construction in Africa right now

Sir Peter Cook's exhibition attempts to reinvent the experience of the city. His playful selection includes a flat-packed and redeployable adventure playground and a magical children’s camp built into rocks and trees, both by Norway’s Helen & Hard Architects

In a separate exhibition at the Museu Colecçao Berardo entitled 'North meets South', curated by Peter Cook, the work was by Nordic architects asking similar questions regarding residential architecture. This house is by Swedish firm Tham & Videgård Arkitekter  

Another image from 'North meets South' section where a collection of wonderfully quirky buildings capture the new young Scandinavian attitude.

The curator of the 'House in Luanda' competition,  Joao Luis Carrilho de Graça,