Tiago do Vale was born in Braga, Portugal, in 1978, and trained at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Coimbra. In 2008 he founded Tiago do Vale Arquitectos, a small architectural studio, based in the north of Portugal, with a global reach.
Tiago is a PhD and Postgraduate in Advanced Studies in Architectural Heritage from the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto. He has also edited books such as “Urban Complex” by Design Media Publishing, and the Chinese edition “城市综合体” by Liaoning Science and Technology Publishing House.
He has been a jury member of the 2016, 2017 and 2023 editions of the DAS Prize (Moldova), and a jury member on behalf of the Portuguese Order of Architects, of the 2016 and 2017 editions of the João de Almada Prize.
With a restricted but highly specialized team of architects, their studio understands architecture in the traditional sense, as a broad but interconnected and interreferenced field, with a portfolio ranging from urban planning to industrial design.
This team has focused on teaching, health and tourist facilities (as well as the mandatory topics of sustainability and energy efficiency), while in recent times it has accumulated an important curriculum in urban rehabilitation and conservation, restoration and reconstruction of buildings.
Their designs revolve around light, well-being, function, cultural context and meaning, shapes and textures, ergonomics and human scale: a clear architecture that tells a recognizable story.
Ultimately, the guiding thread of Tiago do Vale Arquitectos is the rigor and quality of the built work, from technique to aesthetics, understanding the architectural project as an absolutely global, comprehensive and interdisciplinary piece, carried out in dialogue with both the client and all the parties involved in the translation of the drawing into reality.
