Seventh Edition 2019-2020

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Barbas Lopes Arquitectos established their practice in 2006. Their projects include public and private buildings, single-family housing, exhibition designs, and interiors. The practice is also engaged in collaborations with architects such as Peter Märkli, Promontório Architects, Manuel Aires Mateus and Gonçalo Byrne. Their work was nominated for the Icon Awards 2012, Designs of the Year 2013 and the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award 2013. They were Azrieli Visiting Critics in Residence at Carleton University, Ottawa.


Patricia Barbas (Luanda, 1971) graduated in Architecture at FAUTL (Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade Tecnica, Lisbon). Collaborated with Aires Mateus, João Pedro Falcão de Campos and Atelier Pedro Silva Dias. Project coordinator for Gonçalo Byrne (1998-2000) and Promontório Architects in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil (2005-2006). Guest Professor at Carleton University, Ottawa (2013, 2015-2016). Jury member of FAD Awards 2016.


Diogo Lopes (Lisbon, 1972-2016) Graduated in Architecture at FAUTL (Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade Tecnica, Lisbon). PhD from ETH Zurich. Guest Professor at Carleton University, Ottawa (2013, 2015-2016) and DARQ.FCTUC (Departamento de Arquitectura – Universidade de Coimbra, 2011-2013). He was Director of the magazine Prototypo, Director and Chief Curator with André Tavares of JA-Jornal dos Arquitectos and Lisbon Architecture Triennale 2016. His publications include Cimêncio (Fenda Edições, 2001) with Nuno Cera and the book Melancholy and Architecture: On Aldo Rossi (Park Books, 2015). Posthumously, it was published the Portuguese version of the book (Orfeu Negro, 2016) and received the the second prize at the Art and Architecture Criticism and Essay Award AICA/fundação carmona e costa 2016.