Lecturer

He was born on the 25th of July 1952, in Oporto, Portugal.  He studied architecture at the School of Fine Arts in Oporto, receiving his degree in 1980. In 1974 he collaborated in the architectural practice of Noé Dinis. From 1974 to 1979 he collaborated in the architectural practice of Álvaro Siza. He serves as professor in the Faculty of Architecture in the University of Oporto and founds his office in 1980. He has been visiting professor at the architectural schools of Paris-Belleville, Harvard, Dublin, ETH Zurich, Lausanne and Mantova.  In 2011 he received the Pritzker Prize and in 2013 the Wolf Prize.