Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto

‘The Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto (FAUP) works on a building designed by Álvaro Siza. “Porto school”, as it is internationally recognized, it’s a worldwide reference in Architecture graduation. On this institution, many awarded and published architects have studied and taught. Fernando Távora, Álvaro Siza, Nuno Portas, Alexandre Alves Costa, Domingos Tavares and Eduardo Souto Moura are some of the greatest examples of the pedagogic, scientific and artistic abilities of Porto school.’

by José Manuel Rodrigues, Director of FAUP master degree in Architecture

Teatro Rivoli

It was inaugurated in 1913 as a National Theatre. In the following years, changes in the urban centre forced a reconsideration and update of the building and thus Teatro Rivoli came to be, in 1923 – refurbished, adapted as a movie theatre, with a programme of opera, dance, theatre and concerts. Architect and engineer Júlio Brito signed the project. In 1994 it was closed for a complete refurbishment, with a project by architect Pedro Ramalho. In October 1997, Rivoli reopened its doors. Presently, Rivoli hosts the national and international programme of Teatro Municipal do Porto with a particular focus on dance, theatre, music, puppetry, contemporary circus and film, along with some of the city’s main events.

Adalberto Dias

After colaborating 6 years with architect Álvaro Siza, Adalberto Dias opens his own office in 1977 and since then he has developed a diverse and international body of work involving cultural, residential, civic and religious projects, as well as masterplans and urban related projects, some of which were widely published and other´s awarded (Mies Van der Rohe Nominee 96, Iberfad Nominee 96, Secil Nominee 98 and I&III International Trienal of Sintra 92/98). Within the portfolio of public buildings, projects range from the most recent church renovations and extensions, such as São Francisco Rehabilitation and New Museum, to University facilities such as Mechanical Engineering Department and University Community and Residences (both in Aveiro) and the latest Science and technology Park for Oporto University and Facilities (which was recognized with the National Rehabilitation Prize 2015).
The office of Adalberto Dias has three major rehabilitation projects ongoing in Portugal – the renovation of Lisbon´s Cathedral Cloyster, a church in Tomar and a church in Monsaraz; and a 12 000sqm Hotel in Angola. Within the portfolio of masterplan and public space, the office has developed the rehabilitation of Viana do Castelo´s waterfront area, Oporto´s Center Requalification and infrastructural projects like Guindais Funicular and University Campos Metro Station.
The practice of Adalberto Dias follows the legacy of the known “Oporto School”, with a strong commitment for refining ideas and details, with a constructive tradition linked to vernacular knowledge and craftmanship, but also technologically advanced. Intellectually and geometrical coherent, the practice of Adalberto is defined by the haptic hability of using the sketch to conceive space and matter. With a clear mastery of the architecture scales and measures, the office has a range of projects that vary from object design to an entire city masterplan.

Arno Brandlhuber

Arno Brandlhuber (DE, 1964) is an architect and urban planner based in Berlin.In his architectural production – from buildings to research to media – he is working with the existing (building stock) from a legislative perspective. Besides buildings such as Brunnenstrasse 9, Antivilla or St. Agnes, this approach resulted in three films: Legislating Architecture (2016), The Property Drama (2017), and Architecting after Politics (2018) – together with architect Olaf Grawert and director Christopher Roth. It was this engagement with the medium of film and its political and spatial potential that led to the founding of station+, the chair for architecture and design at ETH Zurich in 2017. A collaboration that continued and resulted in 2038 – The New Serenity; the German Pavillon at the 17th Venice Biennale, together with Olaf Grawert, Nikolaus Hirsch, and Christopher Roth.

Carmody Groarke

Carmody Groarke is an architecture studio of over 40 people based in London. Our design approach is led by research and innovative thinking to deliver transformative projects in cultural, historic and urban settings.
Founded in 2006 by Kevin Carmody and Andy Groarke, the studio has developed a reputation for designing and delivering distinctive, well-made buildings within the UK and Europe for a wide range of public, residential, institutional and commercial clients. These include, museums and galleries, national archives and libraries, performance spaces and event pavilions, offices, and buildings for education. We work in ecologically and historically sensitive sites, including National Parks, city-centre conservation areas and UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
Our projects have gained international recognition from awards, including shortlists for the RIBA Stirling Prize and EUmies Award. Our work has been published by world-renowned architectural monographs, including 2G, El Croquis, AMAG and A+U.

Caruso St John

Caruso St John Architects has two offices, in London and Zurich, with about forty staff in each. We have been in practice since 1990, developing a level of quality that has been widely recognised by awards and publication. We are winners of the Stirling Prize, and Adam Caruso and Peter St John are academicians of the Royal Academy.
We carry out a wide range of work, including commercial, residential, cultural and leisure buildings, and including new-build and renovation, and permanent and temporary commissions. We welcome this diversity – it helps to make each project distinctive, and for different projects to learn from each other.
We have a strong record of working in UNESCO World Heritage Sites and other historic locations. We have also demonstrated our ability to design confident new buildings on sites without recognised conservation value.
Our size gives us the capacity to handle large-scale commissions, while ensuring that our principals Adam Caruso and Peter St John can give close attention to each project. Adam and Peter both teach architecture, at ETH Zurich and London Metropolitan University. Their practice and their teaching benefit each other, bringing together the fresh thinking of students with the experience of a successful office.
We have a strong interest in contemporary art and have worked with leading artists such as Thomas Demand, Damien Hirst and Jeremy Deller. This interest enriches our architectural work, giving perspectives and insights into the physical qualities of buildings.

Cecilia Puga

Since 1995 Cecilia Puga has her own practice in Santiago de Chile where she has undertaken different scale designs projects, such as family houses, social community housing, educational and industrial equipment and urban design.
In 2009 she was selected by Herzog & De Meuron among 100 architects throughout the World to design a Villa in Inner Mongolia in the context of Ordos 100 project, conducted by artist Wei Wei.
Numerous national and International specialized media have published her work. In 2010, 2G International Architecture Magazine dedicated a monographic number to her.
Besides other academic activities, in 2007 she was a visiting professor at the school of architecture, University of Texas, Austin; and in 2009, joined the Symposium Latitudes: Architecture in the Americas 2009 which also took place in
Austin. This same year she was invited to lead a Studio at the GSD at Harvard, Cambridge; and in 2011, was in charge of a Short Studio Design in the BIAarch in Barcelona, Spain.
For the 2012 Venice Biennale she was invited to be part of the Valerio Olgiati installation which collection of images were later published at the “The Image of Architects”, by the same author.
Parallel to her professional and teaching activities, she is a member of the Executive Commitee of Fundación Familia Larrain Echenique, in charge of the Museo de Arte Precolombino in Santiago de Chile.

Christ Gantenbein

Christ & Gantenbein is an international practice dedicated to the broad realm of architecture. Founded in 1998 by Emanuel Christ and Christoph Gantenbein, and headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, the office employs a team of 100 architects from 20 countries.
The firm’s most prominent completed projects include the expansion and transformation of the Swiss National Museum in Zurich and the extension of the Kunstmuseum Basel, both of which are cultural landmarks with a global reach.
In recent years, the office completed the Lindt Home of Chocolate, a monumental yet versatile space for Lindt & Sprüngli in Zurich, and the Multifunctional Workspace Building for Roche in Germany, which represents a new interpretation of contemporary collaboration. In 2023, the firm completed the New Aare Bridge, a modern infrastructure construction that also serves as a part of the city, as well as the Vaugirard Housing development in Paris. Since 2017, they have been developing the masterplan of the Wolf Areal in Basel, one of Switzerland’s biggest brownfields.
Currently, C&G is working on a diverse range of projects across Europe. Among them are the extension of the Wallraf-Richartz Museum in Cologne, a housing and office building in the historic center of Hamburg, a new laboratory and office building in St. Gallen, the extension for the MACBA in Barcelona or the Kunstmuseum Main Building Renovation in Basel, and the refurbishment of the Swiss National Library in Bern. Since 2022, they have been creating the exhibition design of the itinerant art fair Paris Internationale. Highlighting the diversity of scale and program the office operates in, the Zurich University Hospital project, which is currently in development, will transform an entire district of Switzerland’s most populous city, providing healthcare and medical research with an unrivaled new home.
Along with the Deezen Architect of the Year Award (2018) in recognition of their “substantial body of work and mature portfolio,”

Correia Ragazzi

Graça Correia founded CORREIA/RAGAZZI ARQUITECTOS in 2005 with Roberto Ragazzi. She graduated from FAUP (Faculdade de Arquitectura do Porto) in 1989 and until 1995 collaborated with Eduardo Souto de Moura. Started her individual trajectory as an architect and in 2000 begins a partnership with Eduardo Souto de Moura developing several co-authored projects, namely the ongoing Rehabilitation of the Robinson Factory in Portalegre. Defended her PhD thesis in 2006 at the UPC (Universitat Politécnica da Catalunha) which made the final selection for the ARQUIA 2007 Competition. Was a member of the Portuguese Architects Association from 2005 until 2013. Graça has been invited to integrate juries, give lectures and conferences in Portugal and abroad. Published several articles and in 2008 the book Ruy Athouguia: A Modernidade em Aberto; in 2014 was invited to publish the book Ruy D’Athouguia as a part of a collection on Portuguese architects. Graça has received several distinctions, national and international awards.
Alongside her architecture practice Graça has been teaching since 1990 at several universities; at the moment teaches at FAUP and integrates the new direction board of the architecture graduate degree at Universidade Lusófona, Porto.
Roberto Ragazzi founded CORREIA/RAGAZZI ARQUITECTOS in 2005 with Graça Correia. He graduated from IUAV (Instituto Universitário de Arquitectura de Veneza) in 1997 with the thesis Città di Treviso. Un progetto per le aree: ex-scalo Motta, stadio ed ex-Foro Boario. Between 1998 and 1999 worked at the professional modelling studio of Alvaro Negrello, in Porto. From 2000 until 2005 collaborated and was project coordinator at the architecture office of Virginio Moutinho. As a CORREIA/RAGAZZI ARQUITECTOS founding partner Roberto has given lectures and conferences in Portugal and abroad and has received several awards.

Diener Diener

The architectural office Diener & Diener pays close attention to the architectural history of the city and modernity as it develops new types of buildings. This has been evident since its first projects, the residential development in the heart of Kleinbasel and the residential buildings in the St-Alban-Tal, a historically sensitive Basel neighborhood on the banks of the Rhein.
As it continues to develop contemporary residential buildings, the office of Diener & Diener maintains its focus on this subject matter. The results of this focus can be seen in the projects they realized on the Java and KNSM Island in Amsterdam, the Basel Markthalle Tower, or the residential building of the Mustersiedlung Hadersdorf, Vienna.
Planning and design projects also include office and research buildings such as the Swiss Re headquarters on Zurich’s Mythenquai, the Baloîse Group in Basel, the Forum 3 on the Novartis Campus in Basel, as well as the laboratory building on the Novartis Campus in Shanghai.
When working on architectural projects in culturally sensitive contexts, Diener & Diener has sought to engage with artists such as Helmut Federle (Vienna) or Josef Felix Müller (St. Gallen). In their search for the unique expression of a specific location, the architects and artists would reciprocally seek to radically amplify the respective ideas of architecture and art: only where art becomes an inseparable element of the architectural design while maintaining its independence can art extend architecture.
Today, Diener & Diener employs 50 architects in Basel and Berlin from many different nations. Roger Diener established the office Diener & Diener Architects in 1980 with his father and just four years after joining the office Marcus Diener Architect, the office his father formed in Basel in 1942.
Roger Diener has led the office Diener & Diener with Terese Erngaard, Michael Roth, and Andreas Rüedi since 2011.

Dogma

Dogma was founded in 2002 by Pier Vittorio Aureli and Martino Tattara. From the beginning of its activities, Dogma has worked on the relationship between architecture and the city by focusing mostly on urban design and large-scale projects.
Dogma is active in offering consultancies to municipalities and agencies concerned with urban planning and architectural issues. Parallel to the design projects, the members of Dogma have intensely engaged with teaching, writing, and research, activities that have been an integral part of the office’s engagement with architecture. In the last years, Dogma has been working on a research by design trajectory that focuses on domestic space and its potential for transformation. This work, made of studies and projects, has been exhibited at different venues among which the Tallinn Architectural Biennale (2014), the HKW Berlin (2015), the Biennale di Venezia (2016), the Chicago Architectural Biennial (2017), and the London Design Museum (2018). In 2006, Dogma has won the 1st Iakov Chernikhov Prize for the best emerging architectural practice.

E2A

E2A performs architecture and urban planning for public, private, industrial and institutional clients. The main work focuses on public and cultural buildings which is the base of the cultural heritage of architecture and urban planning. E2A has also an extraordinary experience in office architecture and has designed over the course of the last years numerous administrational buildings in Europe.
The need for housing is an ongoing theme in central European urban condition; therefore we have designed a series of well-known housing projects. E2A has been asked to perform and realize a number of industrial projects which have become a serious contribution in the world of industrial architecture.
Besides producing architecture, E2A is also a renowned author of urban planning and performs this discipline for project studies, feasibilities and infrastructural projects.

Jun Igarashi

Born in Hokkaido,1970
Established Jun Igarashi Architects,1997
Instructor of Tohoku University,2006-2008
Instructor of Nagoya Institute of Technology,2006-2013
Visiting Professor of Oslo School of Architecture,2012
Instructor of Keio University,2013
Jun Igarashi’s work questions the universal value of architecture by assuming the coexistence of Hokkaido’s climatic conditions, scenery and environment.
It continues to search for the “state of“ the original place of human beings”while thinking about the beginning of architecture beyond the existence of a single infrastructure. By observing and understanding Hokkaido’s environment,a rich and unique space is created. The idea and concept attracted attention both in Japan and abroad,and in 2005 he was the first Japanese to receive the BARBARA CAPPOCHIN Biennale International Architecture Grand Prix (Italy). After that,he was a visiting professor at Oslo University of Architecture and he also presented multiple lectures abroad. His books include “JUN IGARASHI/THE CONSTRUCTION OF A STATE”(TOTO Publishing) and“JUN IGARASHI/THE INDICATIONS OF A STATE”(Shokusha),while the main exhibition is “THE CONSTRUCTION OF A STATE”(TOTO GALLERY?MA). Major awards include the 19th Yoshioka Award,the 21st JIA New Face Award,the 2018 Architectural Institute of Japan Award Education Award and many others.

Lacaton Vassal

SPBR

SPBR, founded in 2003, represents the combination of practice and theoretical knowledge, works and words. In the realm of design, the office engages on different scales: houses and buildings. In the realm of words, it promotes a flourish of dialogues: publications, exhibitions, lectures, and studios. Through this method, the interweaving of works and words, SPBR continuously challenges the premises that support the language of architecture.
SPBR’s projects value structural conception, constructive solutions, economic viability, and mainly, the interaction with the city as the domain of architecture.
SPBR is committed to exploring a threshold of unrealized possibilities, searching meaningful designs, informed by previous experiences, the proper use of resources, respect for the heritage, and boldness regarding our legacy for the future.

Tatiana Bilbao

Tatiana Bilbao ESTUDIO is a Mexico City based architecture studio, founded in 2004. At the core of the studio’s practice is an analysis of the context surrounding projects, which scale from masterplans to affordable housing strategies, from city planning to furniture design.
Tatiana Bilbao ESTUDIO pursues architecture through multidisciplinary perspectives. We promote a collective environment with a diverse staff of architects, academics and model makers. The working method uses hand drawing and iterative models to keep design and development rooted in spatial and not digital exploration. We elevate collaborations between other architects, artists, economists, local governments, and more, to enrich the impact and reach of each project.
The studio’s architectural work includes; ESTOA, an institutional building on the UDEM campus that has received the special CEMEX Award in 2021. The Culiacan Botanical Garden, the Pilgrimage Route in Jalisco, a social housing prototype displayed at the 2015 Chicago Biennial, three buildings of housing in Lyon la Confluence, the Sea of Cortez Research Center, and more recently the Mexican American Cultural in Austin Texas, and a Masterplan for the National Park La Huasteca. In 2019 two contests have been won; the Cultural Center Alvaro Carillo at Oaxaca, and 3 Buildings in Paris, at Porte de Montreuil.

Adalberto Dias

After colaborating 6 years with architect Álvaro Siza, Adalberto Dias opens his own office in 1977 and since then he has developed a diverse and international body of work involving cultural, residential, civic and religious projects, as well as masterplans and urban related projects, some of which were widely published and other´s awarded (Mies Van der Rohe Nominee 96, Iberfad Nominee 96, Secil Nominee 98 and I&III International Trienal of Sintra 92/98). Within the portfolio of public buildings, projects range from the most recent church renovations and extensions, such as São Francisco Rehabilitation and New Museum, to University facilities such as Mechanical Engineering Department and University Community and Residences (both in Aveiro) and the latest Science and technology Park for Oporto University and Facilities (which was recognized with the National Rehabilitation Prize 2015).
The office of Adalberto Dias has three major rehabilitation projects ongoing in Portugal – the renovation of Lisbon´s Cathedral Cloyster, a church in Tomar and a church in Monsaraz; and a 12 000sqm Hotel in Angola. Within the portfolio of masterplan and public space, the office has developed the rehabilitation of Viana do Castelo´s waterfront area, Oporto´s Center Requalification and infrastructural projects like Guindais Funicular and University Campos Metro Station.
The practice of Adalberto Dias follows the legacy of the known “Oporto School”, with a strong commitment for refining ideas and details, with a constructive tradition linked to vernacular knowledge and craftmanship, but also technologically advanced. Intellectually and geometrical coherent, the practice of Adalberto is defined by the haptic hability of using the sketch to conceive space and matter. With a clear mastery of the architecture scales and measures, the office has a range of projects that vary from object design to an entire city masterplan.

Adam Caruso

Adam Caruso studied architecture at McGill University. Together with Peter St John, he founded Caruso St John Architects in 1990.
Alongside Peter St John, Adam oversees the work of Caruso St John’s two offices in London and Zurich. He is closely involved with all projects, public and commercial, including projects in UNESCO World Heritage Sites, and buildings of the highest listing in the UK.
Adam regularly contributes articles for international architectural publications, and has authored and co-edited a number of books, including The Feeling of Things; Rudolf Schwarz and the Monumental Order of Things; Asnago Vender and the Construction of Modern Milan; The Stones of Fernand Pouillon: An Alternative Modernism in French Architecture; and Hopkins in the City.
Adam teaches in parallel with his practice and, in 2011, he was appointed Professor of Architecture and Construction at ETH Zürich. He has previously taught at the University of North London, the University of Bath, the Academy of Architecture in Mendrisio, and the Cities Programme at the LSE.
Adam is invited to lecture internationally on wider themes relating to architecture, as well as the work of the practice.
In 2019, the Royal Academy of Arts elected Adam Caruso and Peter St John, in partnership, as a Royal Academician in the category of Architecture.
Adam is a member of the RIBA, the Federation of Swiss Architects, the Swiss Society of Engineers and Architects, the French Order of Architects, and the Berlin Chamber of Architects.

Andy Groarke

Andy Groarke studied at The University of Sheffield and worked for David Chipperfield and Haworth Tompkins before founding London-based practice Carmody Groarke with Kevin Carmody in 2006. Carmody Groarke has since gained international recognition for a wide range of arts, cultural and heritage projects. Completed works include the 2021 RIBA Stirling Prize shortlisted Windermere Jetty Museum in the Lake District, a temporary museum for Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s residential masterpiece The Hill House and the Grossmarkt Theatre Pavilion in Hamburg. Most recent works include with a masterplan and new exhibition buildings for the Science & Industry Museum in Manchester, the extension of Design Museum Gent and two new major national archive buildings for the British Library near York.
Andy has lectured about the work of the practice internationally and taught at several schools of architecture including, The Royal College of Art (London), The University of Stuttgart, Cornell University (Ithaca) and Yale School of Architecture where he was William Henry Bishop Visiting Professor. He has been a Visiting Professor at the University of Sheffield since 2012.
The work of the studio has been recognised by the world-renowned architectural monographs El Croquis, 2G and AMAG.
They have recently published a book documenting their work at The Hill House entitled ‘Not Forever’

Angelo Bucci

Architect from FAU USP, 1987, has been dedicated to both teaching and practicing. Always based in Sao Paulo, Brazil, he is founder and principal in charge of SPBR architects since 2003.
He has taught studios at FAU USP since 2001 and also as a visiting professor in Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Italy and United States [ASU, 2005; UC Berkeley, 2006; GSD Harvard and MIT, 2008; UT Austin, 2010; Yale, 2013]; ETHZ Zurich 2013/2014; IUAV WS 2008 and 2009. In 2005, he got his PhD with a work that reflects about the role of experience São Paulo in his way to think about architecture.
His buildings have been widely exhibited through publications, lectures and exhibitions.

Anne Lacaton

Born in France in 1955. Graduated from the School of architecture of Bordeaux in 1980.
Diploma in Urban Planning at the university of Bordeaux in 1984
Visiting professor at the University of Madrid, Master Housing 2007-2013, at the EPFL Lausanne, 2004, 2006 and 2010-11, University of Florida, Ivan Smith Studio in 2012, University of NY-Buffalo, Clarkson Chair in 2013, at the Pavillon Neuflize OBC in Palais de Tokyo, Paris, in 2013-2014, at University of Sassari, Alghero in 2014, at Harvard GSD : Kenzo Tange 2011 & Design critic 2015

Arno Brandlhuber

Arno Brandlhuber (DE, 1964) is an architect and urban planner based in Berlin.In his architectural production – from buildings to research to media – he is working with the existing (building stock) from a legislative perspective. Besides buildings such as Brunnenstrasse 9, Antivilla or St. Agnes, this approach resulted in three films: Legislating Architecture (2016), The Property Drama (2017), and Architecting after Politics (2018) – together with architect Olaf Grawert and director Christopher Roth. It was this engagement with the medium of film and its political and spatial potential that led to the founding of station+, the chair for architecture and design at ETH Zurich in 2017. A collaboration that continued and resulted in 2038 – The New Serenity; the German Pavillon at the 17th Venice Biennale, together with Olaf Grawert, Nikolaus Hirsch, and Christopher Roth.

Cecilia Puga

Since 1995 Cecilia Puga has her own practice in Santiago de Chile where she has undertaken different scale designs projects, such as family houses, social community housing, educational and industrial equipment and urban design.
In 2009 she was selected by Herzog & De Meuron among 100 architects throughout the World to design a Villa in Inner Mongolia in the context of Ordos 100 project, conducted by artist Wei Wei.
Numerous national and International specialized media have published her work. In 2010, 2G International Architecture Magazine dedicated a monographic number to her.
Besides other academic activities, in 2007 she was a visiting professor at the school of architecture, University of Texas, Austin; and in 2009, joined the Symposium Latitudes: Architecture in the Americas 2009 which also took place in
Austin. This same year she was invited to lead a Studio at the GSD at Harvard, Cambridge; and in 2011, was in charge of a Short Studio Design in the BIAarch in Barcelona, Spain.
For the 2012 Venice Biennale she was invited to be part of the Valerio Olgiati installation which collection of images were later published at the “The Image of Architects”, by the same author.
Parallel to her professional and teaching activities, she is a member of the Executive Commitee of Fundación Familia Larrain Echenique, in charge of the Museo de Arte Precolombino in Santiago de Chile.

Christoph Gantenbein

Christoph Gantenbein (*1971) studied architecture at ETH Zurich. Together with Emanuel Christ, he founded Christ & Gantenbein in Basel in 1998. Their built work includes the renovation and expansion of the Swiss National Museum in Zurich as well as of the Kunstmuseum Basel (both 2016). Christoph Gantenbein taught at HGK Basel (2002–2003), Accademia di Architettura in Mendrisio (2004, 2006, 2009), Oslo School of Architecture and Design (2008), ETH Zurich (2010–2015) as well as at Harvard GSD (2015–2017, 2021). From 2008 to 2017 he was member of the managing board SIA Basel. In 2018 Christoph Gantenbein was appointed Full Professor of Architecture and Design at ETH Zurich.

Graça Correia

Architecture graduate in Oporto’s Architecture Faculty in 1989. Cooperation with architect Eduardo Souto de Moura between 1989 and 1995, with whom occasionally realizes co-authored projects.
FCT scholarship, discussed her doctorate thesis at the Catalonia Polytechnic University. She is an invited auxiliary professor at FAUP and an auxiliary professor in FCATI and ULP too where she
integrates the Board, has lectures and critical reviews in different universities. She was an active member of the Architects between 2005 and 2014, was designated as the Vice President of CNDOASRN
2008/10 and she joined the Regional Governing Board.
Founded, in 2005 with Roberto Ragazzi, CORREIA/RAGAZZI Arquitectos, received several awards, namely, in 2007, the 1st place of the III ENOR Portugal Prize and the Miami Beach Biennial Gold Medal, and, in 2008, they were recognised with the “Europe 40 Under 40“ distinction, in New York.
In St. Francis they received the SPARKAWARD 2011 Silver Medal. Their works have been published, exhibited and awarded in Portugal and internationally, and appear regularly on the list of Selected Projects of the FAD Awards, namely with the Apartment in Braga in 2014 and the House in Castelo Melhor in 2015. The House Ricardo Pinto was also selected for the IX Bienal of Architecture and Urbanism 2014 in Rosario and recently received the “16 Best Architects Award”.
She also received, with the works carried out in co-authorship with Eduardo Souto Moura, the PYMECON rehabilitation Prize in 2013 and integrated the EUROPA NOSTRA 2012 selection of the European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage, as well as the list of the FAD Awards Finalists with Reconversion of Robinson Foundation in 2013 and the Auditorium Audiovisual (co-authorship with Eduardo Souto Moura) which is a finalist in the second edition of the BigMat International Architecture Award.
She published, in 2008, the book Ruy Athouguia: A Modernidade em Aberto, in 2014, the book Ruy Athouguia for the collection Arquitectos Portugueses, second series for Jornal Público, and in 2015 publishes the book Casa Sande e Castro 1954 for the collection ONE edited by AMAG. Has also published articles in magazines and participated in several seminars and conferences in Portugal and abroad.

Jun Igarashi

Born in Hokkaido,1970
Established Jun Igarashi Architects,1997
Instructor of Tohoku University,2006-2008
Instructor of Nagoya Institute of Technology,2006-2013
Visiting Professor of Oslo School of Architecture,2012
Instructor of Keio University,2013
Jun Igarashi’s work questions the universal value of architecture by assuming the coexistence of Hokkaido’s climatic conditions, scenery and environment.
It continues to search for the “state of“ the original place of human beings”while thinking about the beginning of architecture beyond the existence of a single infrastructure. By observing and understanding Hokkaido’s environment,a rich and unique space is created. The idea and concept attracted attention both in Japan and abroad,and in 2005 he was the first Japanese to receive the BARBARA CAPPOCHIN Biennale International Architecture Grand Prix (Italy). After that,he was a visiting professor at Oslo University of Architecture and he also presented multiple lectures abroad. His books include “JUN IGARASHI/THE CONSTRUCTION OF A STATE”(TOTO Publishing) and“JUN IGARASHI/THE INDICATIONS OF A STATE”(Shokusha),while the main exhibition is “THE CONSTRUCTION OF A STATE”(TOTO GALLERY?MA). Major awards include the 19th Yoshioka Award,the 21st JIA New Face Award,the 2018 Architectural Institute of Japan Award Education Award and many others.

Kevin Carmody

Kevin studied architecture at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) and Canberra University, Australia. In London he worked with David Chipperfield Architects before establishing Carmody Groarke. He has lectured internationally about the work of the practice and taught at several architecture schools, including The Bartlett School of Architecture (University College London), The Royal College of Art , The University of Stuttgart, Cornell University (Ithaca) and Yale School of Architecture where he was William Henry Bishop Visiting Professor.

Martino Tattara

Martino Tattara is a practicing architect and co-founder, together with Pier Vittorio Aureli, of the office Dogma. Between 2012 and 2015 he was the head of research and teaching at ETH Studio Basel: Contemporary City Institute. Before joining ETH/Studio Basel he has taught for several years at the Berlage Institute in Rotterdam. His theoretical work focuses on the relationship between architecture and large-scale urban design and he has widely published and lectured on topics related to the project of the city. The work of Dogma, since thebeginning of its activities, has been centred on the relationship between architecture and the city by focusing mostly on urban design and large-scale projects. In the last years, the work of the office has investigated through projects and writings the condition of domestic space.

Nuno Graça Moura

Degree in Architecture (1990-1996) at Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto. Internship (1994-1996) and collaboration (1996-2002) at Souto Moura Arquitectos Lda.. Collaboration in several projects from Souto Moura and Álvaro Siza Vieira. Established own office in 2002 “Nuno Graça Moura, Arquitecto Un. Lda.”, Porto, Portugal
Invited for lectures in Portugal, Spain, France and Germany.
Several publications and exhibitions in these and others countries, such as Brazil and Argentina.
Nominations for awards in Portugal, Spain and Germany:
Winner of Bauwelt Preis – category “Living Spaces”(Munich, Germany, 2010); Finalist of the IV Premio Enor (Vigo, Spain, 2009), Premis FAD (Barcelona, Spain, 2009), V Premio Enor (Vigo, Spain, 2011), 7th Award “Reiners Stiftung Architekturpreis (Hamburg, Germany, 2011), AIT Award – category “Housing” (Hamburg, Germany, 2012), VI Premio Enor (Vigo, Spain, 2014).
Selected for BigMat International Architecture Awards ’15, Europe.
Professor at EUAC – Escola Universitária das Artes de Coimbra, between 2004 and 2014 and professor at MI Arquitectura, ULP – Universidade Lusófona do Porto since 2012.
Curator of the “Souto de Moura 1980-2015” exhibition at Stiftung Insel Hombroich, Neuss, Düsseldorf, Germany, Apr. – Aug. 2015,
Author of the “Souto de Moura 1980-2015” book published by Stiftung Insel Hombroich / Bund Deutscher Architekten.

Piet Eckert

Piet Eckert was born in 1968 in Mumbai (Bombay). Following his studies at the Columbia Graduate School of Architecture in New York and the ETH Zurich (Diploma 1994 at the ETH Zurich, with honourable mention) he collaborated at OMA Office for Metropolitan Architecture in Rotterdam from 1995 to 1997.
He has been working as an independent architect since 1997 and founded E2A with Wim Eckert in 2001.
Piet Eckert regularly gives lectures and workshops at various Universities and Institutes. He was a visiting professor at the Delft University of Technology and faculty member at the ETH Zurich. From 2009 to 2011, Piet has been a visiting Professor for Architecture and Sustainable Building (Bachelors and Masters Degrees) at the HCU HafenCity University of Hamburg. Along with the teaching of architecture, the focal point of the visiting professors was in developing a think tank which allowed for research about sustainability in relation to architecture, urban planning, the arts and engineering.
Since 2014, Piet Eckert is Guest Professor at the USI – Università dell Svizzera Italiana at Mendrisio.

Roger Diener

Roger Diener (Basel, 1950) studied at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETHZ) and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) with Aldo Rossi and Luigi Snozzi among others. In 1976, he joined the office run by his father, Marcus Diener, and which he then took over in 1980.
Following appointments as visiting professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Harvard University, and universities in Vienna, Amsterdam, and Copenhagen, he held the position of Professor of Design at the EPFL from 1987 to 1989. From 1999 to 2015 Roger Diener was a professor at the ETH Zurich where he taught and published at the Studio Basel with Marcel Meili, Jacques Herzog, and Pierre de Meuron.
From 2005 to 2013, Roger Diener was a member of the Berlin Monument Authority. He has been an active member of the Federal Commission for Monument Preservation since 2013 and a member of the Baukollegium Berlin since 2014.
He has received numerous awards, including the French Grande Médaille d’Or, the Prix Meret Oppenheim, and the Heinrich Tessenow Gold Medal.

Tatiana Bilbao

The work of Tatiana Bilbao tries to understand, through the multicultural and multidisciplinary office she has, the place that surrounds us to translate its rigid codes into architecture trying to regenerates spaces to humanize them as a reaction to global capitalism, opening up niches for cultural and economic development.
Her work includes a Botanical Garden, a master plan and open chapel for a Pilgrimage Route, a Biotechnological Center for a Tech Institution, a house that is built with 8,000 USD, and a Funeral Home.
Tatiana was the recipient of Kunstpries Berlin in 2012, Global Award for Sustainable Architecture Prize in 2014 and named as Emerging Voice by the Architecture League of NY in 2009. Her work is part of the collection of the Centre George Pompidou in Paris, France, The Heinz Architectural Center Carnegie Museum of Art and visiting professor at Yale School of Architecture, and has been published in A+U, Domus and The New York Times, among others.

Adalberto Silva Dias

Ciro Miguel

Ciro Miguel is an architect, photographer, and curator based in Zurich and São Paulo. His work explores alternative narratives of the built environment, with photography as both a research method and creative practice.
He holds a professional diploma from the University of São Paulo (FAU USP), a Master’s degree from Columbia University (GSAPP), and a Doctorate from the Institute for the History and Theory of Architecture (gta) at ETH Zurich.
At ETH Zurich, he conducted research and design studios alongside Prof. Angelo Bucci (2013) and Prof. Marc Angélil (2014–19). Professionally, he has worked internationally as a design architect at Bernard Tschumi Architects in New York (2008–2010) and as a partner at SPBR Arquitetos.
Ciro was co-curator of Todo Dia/Everyday, the 12th International Architecture Biennale of São Paulo (2019), and his work has been exhibited at the Venice and São Paulo Biennales, as well as at institutions such as the Architekturmuseum der TU München, S AM Basel, the Center for Architecture New York, the Pavillon de l’Arsenal, the Het Nieuwe Instituut, and Casa da Arquitectura.
He is the recipient of a 2019 Graham Foundation Grant and co-editor of Everyday Matters: Contemporary Approaches to Architecture (Ruby Press, 2021). In 2022, he was awarded first prize in the annual writing competition organized by Drawing Matter. Most recently, he co-edited gta Papers Amazônia (gta Verlag, 2025).

David Ottosson

Gisela Lameira

Gisela Lameira is an architect and an Assistant Researcher of the Center for Studies in Architecture and Urbanism (CEAU), Faculty of Architecture, University of Porto (FAUP). She teaches on the Doctoral Programme in Architecture (PDA/FAUP) and is also a member of the Scientific Committee of the Integrated Master’s in Architecture (MIARQ/ FAUP). Her PhD in Architecture (FAUP, 2017) focused on multi-family housing models in Portugal.

Joana Tomaz

João Salsa

Madalena Vidigal

Madalena Vidigal is an architect (FAUP, 2016) and independent researcher based in Portugal. Exploring legacy, communality and sufficiency through collaborative projects, exhibitions and ecological building. Her projects include the revitalisation of Porto Santo School, awarded an Honorable Mention at the Madeira Architecture Prize (2022), and the curatorial research on the legacy of Raul Chorão Ramalho, Rui Goes Ferreira and Suzanne Daveau. Currently she is curating the exhibition Raw Earth, opening at MAC/CCB in 2026.

Margarida Quintã

Margarida Quintã (Porto, 1981) holds a degree in architecture from the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto (2007), and a doctorate with Distinction and Honors from the Instituto Superior Técnico in Lisbon and the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (2019).
Margarida’s doctoral thesis, Modern Schools in Angola, 1961–1975: Design with Climate and Heritage, examines the climatic performance of Angolan architecture during the last years of Portuguese colonial rule. Through a detailed critical analysis of the passive systems of environmental control developed for the most intrinsically tropical of modern architectures, Margarida’s work demonstrates the symbiotic relationship between the problematics of climate responsiveness and environmental comfort.

Maria Souto de Moura

Maria Souto de Moura (b. 1990, Portugal) is an architect and visual artist based in Porto. She graduated in Architecture from the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto (FAUP) in 2014, where she was awarded the Viana de Lima Prize – Architecture. Since 2022, she has been teaching as a guest assistant in the Project 4 course at FAUP. Currently, she is pursuing a Master’s in Painting at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto (FBAUP). Between 2014 and 2023, she collaborated with Álvaro Siza’s studio, where she was responsible for significant projects including the Fundação Gramaxo, Joan Miró: Materiality and Metamorphosis, and the Álvaro Siza Wing of the Serralves Museum. Her independent architectural work includes the 1st Prize-winning project for Affordable Housing in Lordelo do Ouro, Porto (2021), in co-authorship. Since 2017, Maria has also developed a parallel visual art practice through her studio – maria souto de moura studio – exhibiting in group shows such as Arte na Leira (Caminha, since 2018), Nó at Galeria Cisterna (Lisbon, 2019), JustMad Art Fair (Madrid, 2020), I think I made you up at Plato (Évora, 2022), and 30 anos depois… at Galeria Fernando Santos (Porto, 2023). In 2017, she was selected for the national showcase Jovens Criadores with the pavilion Contemplação Particular, a collaboration with painter António Gonçalves, presented at the CCB, Lisbon. Maria is a co-founder of fr-ia, where she currently develops her professional practice, integrating architecture and visual art.

Mariana Barreira

Rita Leite

Rui Filipe Pinto

Rui Filipe Pinto’s academic engagements are integral to his practice, contributing to a dynamic exchange between theoretical inquiry and architectural production. He taught at EPF Lausanne from 2015 to 2020, and is currently teaching at ETH Zürich, together with Professor Maria Conen. In 2023, he was invited as a guest professor at La Salle in Barcelona, and now serves as a guest assistant professor at the Department of Architecture at FCTUC in Coimbra. His contributions to architectural education also include a long-standing affiliation with the Porto Academy, where he was a regular participant from 2016 to 2022.

Indexnewspaper

Indexnewspaper is a magazine of architecture printed in newspaper paper.
The editorial contains an interview, a visit to an office, projects and works, and essays. The front cover has an ” artwork ” designed by an invited artist.
Since 2012 Indexnewspaper has been part of several worldwide events related to publishing and editorial design.
Indexnewspaper was awarded with the prize Clube de Criativos de Portugal 2012 for editorial design and selected for the collection of the library of MOMA in New York.
Alongside with the regular edition, Indexnewspaper published special editions and the edition of books. Indexnewspaper has also organized conferences, exhibitions, and workshops.
For us, Index is “the finest newspaper”.

Indexshop

Indexshop presents you an ongoing independent selection of books and objects of architects, artists and designers. It is also the Indexnewspaper and Porto Academy official store.

Beyond its curatorial vocation, Indexshop is increasingly committed to supporting architectural practice by supplying studios with a carefully selected range of architectural hardware and project-specific solutions.

Ivo Tavares Studio

Ivo Tavares Studio is a photography studio specialized in architecture, dedicated to creating images that capture the essence of spaces.

With an approach that combines documentary rigor and artistic sensitivity, the studio works closely with architects, designers, and institutions, contributing to the communication and appreciation of their projects.

The practice of the studio is built on two main pillars: the observation of light as a structuring element of the image and the pursuit of visual narratives that go beyond mere documentation. Each photograph seeks not only to record a building but also to convey the atmosphere, the experience, and the impact of the space on its urban or natural surroundings.

Over the years, Ivo Tavares Studio has consolidated its presence in the national scene, with projects widely published in leading international magazines and platforms. Its work aims not only to promote contemporary architecture but also to expand its cultural reach, strengthening the visibility of Portuguese architectural production worldwide.

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PANORAMAH!

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