Aperture Art: 360 Doors & Windows of the World Sorted by Country

doors of the world

This gorgeous collection of photographic montages highlights regional similarities and differences between types and styles of door and window designs all across Europe, starting with Porto, Portugal:

windows of porto portugal

The Alps:

windows of the alps

Santa Susana, Spain:

windos of santa susana spain

Sesimbra, Portugal:

windows of sesimbra portugal

London, England:

windows of london england

Burano, Italy:

windows of burano italy

Andre Goncalves, a photographer from Lisbon, set about creating this catalog of colors and textures with his ‘Windows of the World’ series (mostly by city and region), then expanded to develop ‘Doors of the World’ as well (sorted by country):

Romania:

doors of romania

England:

doors of england

Portugal:

doors of portugal

Individually, a single door might not say much about a city or country, but taken together: patterns emerge, from tile work around doors to color preferences and decorative touches.

Barcelona, Spain:

windows of barcelona spain

Montemor-o-Novo, Portgual:

windows of montemor-o-novo portugal

Evora, Portugal:

windows of evora portugal

Venice, Italy:

windows of venice italy

Bucharest, Romania:

windows of bucharest romania

Lisbon, Portugal:

windows of lisbon portugal