José Martins graduated at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto and has a Master degree in Architecture and Urban Culture at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. He worked with Frits van Dongen in the De Architekten Cie in Amsterdam in 2007. In 2012 he won the EU-Japan Fest Japan Committee's Scholarship for a research project about emergent offices in Tokyo. From 2011 to 2013 José was President of Portuguese Architectural Association in Braga. He establishing Martins Architecture Office in 2013. From 2016-18 he was Art Director at the Brazilian product design company called Alma. He was guest tutor at Porto Academy in 2022 at Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto . He regularly publishes his works and writings in Portugal and abroad.