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Room 2 of Casa da Música will open its doors to international experts in the area of architecture who, between the 3rd and 5th of February, will seek to promote new sustainable approaches that enable the reduction of the impact of construction in the environment, using technology.

The City and the University of Porto give the go ahead to differentiated projects for three new university student dorms, which will give the city students 270 more beds.

The winners of the 19th edition of the João de Almada Award, created by Porto City Hall to encourage and promote the rehabilitation of the city’s architectural heritage, awarding every two years the best examples of good practice in this area, have already been chosen.

Under the motto “500 anos da Rua das Flores”, 24 electricity distribution boxes greet the new year with new colours.

“Architecture ” is part of a set of 22 videos that the city of Porto is launching to promote and value the city.

The Porto Half Marathon will once again run along Douro’s riverbanks on 18th of September.

In the football match between Sport Comércio e Salgueiros and Clube Desportivo de Gouveia, played at Complexo Desportivo de Campanhã, the stars of the game were the four-legged friends.

A team of researchers from the Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (Institute for Research and Innovation in Health) (i3S) at the University of Porto found in cell-to-cell communication a way to stop the progression of pancreatic cancer.

The former Central Shopping, between Santos Pousada Street and Fernão de Magalhães Avenue, is soon becoming Porto Business Plaza, the new business center in Bonfim, which will employ 3500 people.

Teatro Rivoli will celebrate nine decades of culture for six days, with nine projects, around 90 artists and nine art forms.