Catalogue of the exhibition held in 2006 at the Sociedade Martins Sarmento, with the objective of identifying and revealing a sense of local community in the work of the architect José Marques da Silva and of his successors in the city of Guimarães. This exhibition was a joint initiative of the Instituto Arquitecto José Marques da Silva and the Sociedade Martins Sarmento, and also benefited from the collaboration of the Irmandade da Penha, Guimarães City Council and the Serralves Foundation.