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“In a more romantic view, setting up of a company is like a second marriage. We have to marry well, otherwise the relationship won’t last long… We grew up with each other. Part of our training was in college, we matured abroad, and we came back to make mistakes and do things together over the […]

Doing architecture “requires a certain insistence, persistence and perseverance… We often have to go back and throw away many hours of work, which is a resistance exercise. It is always necessary to lift all the stones…“ Tiago do Vale, ArchiNews ed#60

“The project is a journey that has a destination. We take the client on that trip and we like it to be an unforgettable trip. There are clients who don’t want or don’t have the time. They deliver and trust… But the important thing is that the client also grows and evolves with the project…” […]

“Domestic life, for example, maintains a unique and spiritual relationship with place and time, repeating itself as if it was a liturgy. The religious space carries, in addition to this dimension, a symbolic burden that makes it assume a very specific character. Religious architecture does not repeat formulas, but seeks the essence and, why not, the sublime…” António […]

“I never tried to make the projects with the objective of following a style, an architectural aspect, or having a signature. I never thought much about it, I always designed the houses as I thought they should be…” Raulino Silva, ArchiNews ed#57

“There is a vision that be fits the 20s, and another that be fits the 50s. It is good to understand youth and maturity… and not confuse ages. We cannot pretend that we are young at 50 or that we are mature at 20…” Manuel Aires Mateus, ed#56

”Sustainability is commendable, the problem is to evaluate everything solely by the same criteria. When you have two projects for evaluation, just because one of them is a little more sustainable than the other, the less sustainable one is outright rejected…” Manuel Ventura, ArchiNews ed#55

”Teaching online has been a great challenge. For the first time we tested something that we always criticized and questioned. This does not come from the heart, but from the need… The human relationship is extremely important in architecture… It gets lost” Cristina Verissimo / Diogo Burnay, ArchiNews ed#54

“Time will help in the assessment of the new reality and in the development of new responses. We have to believe in our enormous capacity to overcome problems and to find solutions. The contribution we can expect from architecture is the same that has been made throughout the history of Mankind…” Humberto Conde, ArchiNews ed#53

“We can use 50 spices, all of which are part of the recipe, but to make the dish tasty it is necessary to know the cooking time and the quantity of each one. It is hard to work with so many spices… Many are purists and only work with a small number to produce that special […]