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architect be responsible for the de-

sign and supervision of building

construction.

Therefore the works to be illus- trated represent only governmental commissions or projects for those rare clients with a sense of cultural or community responsibility.

It may be that in the long run the presence of modern architecture in Macau will prove of some seminal influence in a city where for the time being most construction work proceeds in almost entire freedom with no aims beyond quick and sub- stantial profits, disguised under the appearance of the so-called "Pro- gress of Macau”.

NEXT MONTH

Multi-Storey Flats on a

Triangular Site

Architect: Jose C. S. Manieras

Heart of the new the foreground

district with shopping centre and ecclesiastical centre in

However, several development plans are now complete or are in course of completion. They include: Outer Harbour reclamation (18,000 inhabitants); Ilha Verde (25,000 in- habitants

low-cost housing): Penha and Barra hills (10,000 inha- bitants); and the Areia Preta Indus- trial District.

The town planning division's ac- tivities were extended to Taipa and Coloane Islands when another architect joined the team and Taipa's Master Plan is also nearly finished.

MODERN

ARCHITECTURE

The first of a series showing ex- amples of the current works and re- cent projects of members of the Macau planning team will be in- cluded in next month's Far East Architect & Builder.

While individually of merit, these buildings are not necessarily signi- ficent in today's Macau townscape. Under the provisions of local legis- lation it is not compulsory that an

MAY

Tower Block for Outer Harbour Development

Architects: Natalia and Manuel Vicente

JUNE

Roman Catholic Church, Caloane Island

Architect: Joao Ramires Fernandes

JULY

Two-Storey Maisonnettes for a Back Lane

Architects: Natalia and Manuel Vicente

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Aerial view of the Outer Harbour district

Far East Architect & Builder March, 1965