Ruy d'Athouguia Jervis was a great and talented architect who left his name connected to the modernity of Cascais. He co-authored the Gulbenkian Foundation's headquarters in Lisbon. Between 1951 and 1953, he designed and built, for himself and his family this house in Cascais. In the ground floor the living room, the dining room and bathroom. The services' area, with kitchen, pantry, laundry and staff quarters and his atelier enclosing a small courtyard. On the first floor, the same area of suites and a balcony across all of them with great light. The relationship between the light and the landscape has always been beautifully managed in the architect's works.