“Tiago do Vale’s architecture is characterized by an informal and unconventional approach, rejecting rigid adherence to architectural styles or movements. Instead, the focus is on the relationship between the built environment and life itself.
The practice values critical thinking, genuine responses, and a deep connection to the cultural context of each project. Rather than imposing preconceived notions, Tiago do Vale’s designs seek to enhance and extend the existing techniques, merits and history of a building or empty space.
By embracing this rehabilitative mindset, the practice aims to create architecture that is a cohesive part of the broader cultural landscape rather than isolated and self-referential.”
Archello Editorial Team
2025 Global Architecture Awards, Gold Winner, Double Silver Winner, Honorable Mention and Triple People’s Choice
2025 Architecture Madrid Awards, Gold Winner
2025 Loop Design Awards, Triple Category Winner
2025 WGA Design Awards, Top 50 Company
2025 WGA Design Awards, Triple Gold Winner and Bronze Winner
2025 Japan Design Award, Silver Award
2025 Houzee Awards, Platinum Winner
2024 Kodidoddi’s Community Center Competition, Special Honorable Mention
2023 London International Creative Competition, Finalist
2023 Construir Awards, Finalist
2022 Loop Design Awards, Winner Best Small Architecture Firm Award
2022 Loop Design Awards, Best Renovation Firm Award and Design & Small Scale
2021 Loop Design Awards, Honorable Mention
2021 International Design Awards, Third Prize
2020 DNA Paris Design Awards, First Prize
2019 National Wood Architecture Award, Finalist
2019 Architecture Masterprize, Small Firm of the Year
2019 Baku International Architecture Award, First Prize and Honorable Mention
2019 Muse Design Awards, Platinum Award and Double Gold Award
2018 Architecture MasterPrize, Honorable Mention
2018 Blueprint Awards, First Prize
2018 International Architecture Awards, Third Prize
2018 Global Architecture & Design Awards, Honorable Mention
2018 Architizer A+Awards, Double First Prize
2018 International Design Awards, Third Prize
2017 Construir Awards, Finalist
2017 American Architecture Prize, First Prize
2017 COAG Architecture Awards, Finalist
2016 American Architecture Prize, Third Prize
2015 Architizer A+ Awards, First Prize
2015 National Wood Architecture Award, Selected
2014 Institute of Housing and Urban Renewal Award, First Honorable Mention
2014 ArchDaily Building of the Year Awards, First Prize
TIAGO DO VALE
SENIOR ARCHITECT
Architect by the University of Coimbra, was Senator and Member of the Assembly of the University.
Doctoral candidate and Postgraduate on Advanced Studies in Architectural Heritage by the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto.
Editor of Design Media Publishing’s “Urban Complex” book, and its Chinese edition by Liaoning Science and Technology Publishing House “城市综合体”.
Published throughout the world, Tiago do Vale has given lectures and signed articles on architecture, urban planning and rehabilitation in several publications.
His work has been exhibited both in Portugal and abroad.
Juror for the 2016, 2017 and 2023 editions of the DAS Awards (Moldavia).
Juror (on behalf of the Portuguese Architects Board) for the 2016 and 2017 editions of the João de Almada Award (Portugal).
Juror for the Architecture MasterPrize since 2020 (United States of America).
Juror for the Muse Design Awards since 2020 (United States of America).
Juror for the Muse Hotel Awards since 2020 (United States of America).
Juror for the Titan Property Awards since 2021 (United States of America).
Juror for the French Design Awards since 2023 (France).
Juror for the London Design Awards since 2024 United Kingdom).
Curator of the “Urban Dialogues, International Architecture Congress” in 2014 (Portugal).
Curator of the 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 editions of the “Mesturas, International Architecture Encounters Galicia-Portugal” (Spain and Portugal).
Columnist at the RUA Magazine.
Regional Adviser for the Asia Designer Communication Platform.
ANA RITA GONÇALVES
ARCHITECT
Architect by the School of Architecture of the University of Minho, Portugal, studied at the University of Ferrara, Italy.
Worked with Alice Cardoso, Pedro Barros Arquitectos, in Vila Verde, and with Artope, Gabinete de Projetos in Braga, Portugal.
MICHELA DE ROSA
JUNIOR ARCHITECT
Architect by the D’Annunzio University of Chieti–Pescara, Italy.
Worked with Studio Tecnico VEMA Progetti in Pescara, Italy.
KATERYNA SIMOCHKINA
ARCHITECTURAL ASSISTANT
Ukrainian, student at the Frydek-Mistek School of Crafts, Czechia.
NAOMI FONSECA
JUNIOR ARCHITECT
Architect by the Superior National Architecture School of Paris-Malaquais, France.
Worked with the Agence Brochet Rose in Bordeaux, France.
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MARÍA CAINZOS OSINDE
ARCHITECT
Architect by the Superior Technical School of Architecture in A Coruña, Espanha.
Worked with EPB 42 Arquitectura e Planejamento S.L. in A Coruña and with the architect Marcial Mosquera Lorenzo, designing equipments, residential architecture and refurbishment projects.
HUGO QUINTELA
ARCHITECT
Architect by the Artistic Superior School of Porto.
Autodidact enthusiast in the field of architectural tridimensional modeling and visualization.
JOANNA JAKIMIUK
ARCHITECT
Architect by the Architecture Faculty of the Białystok University of Technology, Poland, studied at the La Salle Superior Technical School of Architecture, Barcelona.
Drawing and Art History teacher at Atelier Klimowicz. Collaborated with OAB Office of Architecture, Barcelona, Spain, and with architects Grzegorz Móżdżyński, Karol Klimowicz and the Autoris practice in Poland.
LOUANE PAPIN
ARCHITECT
Architect by the Superior National School of Architecture and Landscaping of Lille, France.
Recipient of the Merit Scholarship by the Euris Foundation under the rule of the France Foundation, worked with architecture practices such as Bomy-Sion in Calais, Elidie Brandt in Malo-les-Bains and Atmospheras Interiores in Braga.
KAMILA LEGAT
ARCHITECT
Architect by the Faculty of Architecture of the Poznan University of Technology, Poland. Studied at the Faculty of Architecture of of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary.
Worked with the PRO-Inwest Architecture Studio in Warsaw, Poland.
MARIA JOÃO ARAÚJO
ARCHITECT
Architect and Postgraduate on Advanced Studies in Architectural Heritage by the Architecture Faculty of the University of Porto. Postgraduate in Architecture Archeology by the Superior Council of Scientific Investigation of Madrid.
Worked with BIG Architects and with the architecture and design practice Causa Efeito, in Porto.
ADELE PINNA
ARCHITECT
Architect by the Architecture Department of the University of Sassari, Italy. Studied at the University of Dublin, Ireland.
Collaborated with Carlos Castanheira & Clara Bastai Arquitectos, in Porto. President of the Architecture Students Association of the University of Sassari.
LAETITIA ALVES
INTERIOR ARCHITECT
Interior Architect and Designer by the Superior Institute of Applied Arts in Paris.
Worked with the architect Aurélie Lepin, in Paris.
THUY THU NGUYEN
ARCHITECT
Architect by the Hanoi Architectural University, Vietnam. Interior Design finalist in the Ryerson University, Canada.
Worked with Pham Quang Duc, Pham Le and C.A.T.H. Architects in Hanoi, Vietnam.
CAMILLE MARTIN
INTERIOR ARCHITECT
Interior Designer by the La Martinière-Diderot Superior Education School of Design in Lyon, France. Bachelor in Applied Arts.
Collaborated with the Julien de Sousa Design studio in Saint Etienne, France.
EVA AMOR
ARCHITECT
Architect by the Superior Technical School of Architecture in A Coruña, Espanha, studied at the University of Ferrara, Italy.
Worked with the architect Jorge Barata Martínez in A Coruña and with the office Ofis Arhitekti in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
KAROLINA ZUBA
ARCHITECT
Architect by the Faculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering of the Lublin University of Technology, Poland.
Worked with RARDO Architects in Barcelona, Spain.
PRISCILLA MOREIRA
ARCHITECT
Architect by the Architecture Faculty La Cambre-Horta in Brussels, Belgium. Studied at the Superior School of Engineering of Fribourg, Switzerland.
Collaborated with Atelier 348 Architecture in Kraainem and Graceffa Frères in La Louvière, Belgium.
NURIA GONZÁLEZ BURGO
INTERIOR DESIGNER
Building Planner by the Polytechnic Secondary Education School of Vigo and Interior Designer by the Antonio Faílde Superior Art and Design School.
Collaborated with the R Arquitectura office in Salvaterra de Miño, Pontevedra, Spain.
CORALINE POTHIN
INTERIOR DESIGNER
Interior Designer by the La Martinière-Diderot Superior Education School of Design in Lyon, France. Bachelor in Applied Arts.
Collaborated with the XYZT studio in Lyon. Theather set designer and for the TedX talks at the University of Lyon. Winner of the creativity prize at the Campus Création awards in Lyon, France.
FLORISA NOVO RODRIGUES
JUNIOR ARCHITECT
Architect and Research Scholarship Holder by the Architecture School of the University of Minho.
Collaborated with the PROD Arquitectura & Design studio in Viana do Castelo and with the Urban Planning Department of the Guimarães City Council.
RIDDHI VARMA
ARCHITECT
Architect by the CEPT University of Ahmedabad, India. Studied at the Institut Svetelneho Designu in Prague, Czech Republic.
Collaborated with the non-governmental organization Yuva Parivartan in Mumbai, and with the architecture and design performing arts group Natakbaazi in Ahmedabad, India.
TERESA VILAR
ARCHITECT
Architect by the Lusíada University of Lisbon and Postgraduate on Advanced Studies in Architectural Heritage by the Architecture Faculty of the University of Porto. Studied at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Collaborated with the Carlos Lampreia X Arquitectos studio in Lisbon and with Francisco Hue Arquitectura in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Founder of the Studio Silo Arquitetura practice in Brazil and Portugal.
CLEMENTINA SILVA
ARCHITECT
Architect by the School of Architecture of the University of Minho. Studied at the Architecture Department of the Università Degli Studi di Ferrara, Italy.
Collaborated with the Anarq architecture and consulting studio in Lisbon and was a Delta Culture volunteer at Tarrafal, Santiago, Cape Verde.
ADRIANA GOMES
ARCHITECT
Architect by the School of Architecture of the University of Minho.
Interested in the study of vernacular constructive techniques and in the traditional ways of life.
PAULA DANAIA CAMPOS
ARCHITECT
Architect by the Architecture Department of the University of Coimbra.
Worked with Atelier do Corvo in Coimbra.
DORA TROHA
ARCHITECTURAL ASSISTANT
Student at Graditeljska Tehnička Škola in Zagreb.
Worked with IPAK Studio in Zagreb.
Alara Çağla GERGIL
JUNIOR ARCHITECT
Architect by the Architecture Department of the Turin Polytechnic, Italy.
Worked with Mangiavillano Benedetto Engineering in Turin, Italy.
MARIJA MATOZAN
JUNIOR ARCHITECT
Architect by the Architecture Faculty of the University of Zagreb, Croatia.
Worked with Vertiv Croatia in Zagreb, Croatia.
ANABELA MAGRO COUTO
ARCHITECTURAL ASSISTANT
Student by the School of Architecture of the University of Minho, Portugal.
NIL KOKULU
ARCHITECT
Architect and Doctoral candidate by the Architecture Faculty of the Technical University of Instanbul, Turkey. Studied at the University of Florence, Italy.
Project Lecturer at the Architecture and Fine Arts Faculty of the Antalya Sciences University, Turkey.
Worked with the Uffizzi degli Mauro Alpini in Montevarchi, Italy, and with Yalin Tan & Partners, Tabanlioglu Architects and Polimeks Construction in Istambul, Turkey.
JAN MOMOT
JUNIOR ARCHITECT
Architect by the Gdansk University of Technology, Poland. Studied at ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon, Portugal.
Co-funder of The Design Collective, Gdansk, Poland.
CAROLA CALOGIURI
JUNIOR ARCHITECT
Architect by the Architecture Faculty of the D’Annuzio University in Pescara, Italy.
Worked with LAP Architettura in Pescara, Italy.
Nona Stoycheva
ARCHITECTURAL ASSISTANT
Student at Lubor Bayer in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria.
SAŠA ALEKSEJA KRISTAVČNIK
JUNIOR ARCHITECT
Architect by the Architecture Faculty of Ljubljana, Slovenia. Studied at the Technical University of Architecture in Vienna, Austria.
Worked with the architectural studios Archinauts and GAO Architects in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
NAOMI FONSECA
JUNIOR ARCHITECT
Architect by the Superior National Architecture School of Paris-Malaquais, France.
Worked with the Agence Brochet Rose in Bordeaux, France.
KATERYNA SIMOCHKINA
ARCHITECTURAL ASSISTANT
Ukrainian, student at the Frydek-Mistek School of Crafts, Czechia.
MICHELA DE ROSA
JUNIOR ARCHITECT
Architect by the D’Annunzio University of Chieti–Pescara, Italy.
Worked with Studio Tecnico VEMA Progetti in Pescara, Italy.
ANA RITA GONÇALVES
ARCHITECT
Architect by the School of Architecture of the University of Minho, Portugal, studied at the University of Ferrara, Italy.
Worked with Alice Cardoso, Pedro Barros Arquitectos, in Vila Verde, and with Artope, Gabinete de Projetos in Braga, Portugal.
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