Porto Cruise Terminal nominated for the World Building of the Year 2016

Friday, July 22, 2016 - 12:22 by leixoes

The new Cruise Terminal of the Port of Leixões (Porto Cruise Terminal) is one of the finalists for the World Building of the Year 2016 Award in the category of "Mixed Use" along with 11 other projects worldwide.

The World Building of the Year 2016 shortlist includes 343 entries from 58 different countries and the Porto Cruise Terminal is the only Portuguese project shortlisted for this award.

Winners will be selected from across 32 categories and announced during the World Architecture Festival 2016 taking place in Berlin next November. One project will go on to win the coveted World Building of the Year title and another will be named Future Project of the Year.

Porto Cruise Terminal nominated for the World Building of the Year 2016

World Building of the Year 2016 (nomination) (c) Port of Leixões

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The Porto Cruise Terminal (Port of Leixões) is the main gateway by sea to Porto – the city of the Port Wine and the appropriate place to welcome all passengers from cruise liners. Equipped with comfortable facilities for tourists, Leixões features two cruise terminals. The Leixões Passenger Terminal is a wooden construction that resembles a ship’s hull, and is considered an important architectural and historical heritage. Since April 2011, it is in operation a new cruise quay 340m long and 300m length for berth (up to 320m upon request). Since then, the biggest and the most glamorous cruise ships from the worldwide cruise fleet are welcome here, boosting the cruise tourism in the North of Portugal region. The Porto Cruise Terminal it is in full operation since March 2015 and the main building has a capacity for 2.500 passengers in turnaround. Porto Cruise Terminal was planned to improve the whole cruise visitor experience!