The title of Casa da Arquitectura Honorary Member distinguishes organizations or individuals of great relevance who, through their labour or the whole of their work, have been recognized in the field of contemporary architecture and in their relation with Casa da Arquitectura, becoming ambassadors of its noblest mission, that of promoting and disseminating architecture to all audiences.
Nuno Portas
On the occasion of its 7th anniversary, Casa da Arquitectura has decided to honour Nuno Portas, one of the most important figures in architecture and urbanism in recent decades and, in many ways, a reference figure in terms of the multiplicity of facets and functions, both professional and civic, with the greatest expression in architecture and urbanism - a major reference in democratic Portugal.
On the occasion of its 7th anniversary, Casa da Arquitectura has decided to honour Nuno Portas, one of the most important figures in architecture and urbanism in recent decades and, in many ways, a reference figure in terms of the multiplicity of facets and functions, both professional and civic, with the greatest expression in architecture and urbanism - a major reference in democratic Portugal.
Born in Vila Viçosa, he studied architecture at the Lisbon School of Fine Arts and the Porto School of Fine Arts, where he graduated in 1959. If at the start of his career and in the sphere of professional practice he was linked to Nuno Teotónio Pereira, with whom he designed the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus - Valmor Prize in 1975 - from 1974 onwards he took on a strong role in defining housing and urban planning policies during the first three provisional governments of the post-25 April period, contributing to the definition of housing, urban regeneration and urban planning policies and setting the tone for a civic and political contribution that has always accompanied him.
Portas fought for the right to the city, setting the tone for a civic and political contribution that has always accompanied him. He encouraged the creation of housing cooperatives and Technical Support Offices (GAT), decentralised structures of the central administration to support municipalities. From 1974, as Secretary of State for Housing and Urban Planning during the first three provisional governments of the post-25 April period, he instituted housing and urban planning policies that valued the process of public participation In 1974, he designed the Local Ambulatory Support Service (SAAL) and began the process of adopting Municipal Master Plans. In 1990, he became a councillor for town planning at Vila Nova de Gaia City Council. Later, he contributed to Portuguese-speaking countries, for example participating in the drafting of urban planning legislation in Cape Verde. In 1983, he returned to Portugal as Professor of Urban Planning at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto, serving as President of its Scientific Council until his retirement in 1999.
Nuno Portas is universal. His name connects Portugal to Europe, to Brazil, to the various countries of the Portuguese diaspora, to the world! Able to connect generations, bringing together the old and the young, he helped ensure that the best of Portuguese architecture reached across borders and was therefore one of those responsible for the internationalisation of several architects.
Kenneth Frampton
Casa da Arquitectura awarded the title of Honorary Associate of the House of Architecture to Kenneth Frampton during its 6th Anniversary celebrations, which took place over the weekend of 17, 18 and 19 November 2023.
The British architect, writer, critic, educator and academic, Kenneth Frampton is considered one of the leading historians of modern architecture, whose theories continue to educate generations of students on school benches around the world. The contribution his work has made to modern architecture is unmeasurable, spanning the fields of practice, teaching and research.
Born in the United Kingdom in 1930, he graduated from the Architectural Association - School of Architecture.
Author of several books and essays on modern and contemporary architecture in which he mixes history, criticism and analysis, it was in the 1980s that he published his best-known theoretical work "Modern Architecture, a Critical History", which has since been reissued four times and translated into thirteen languages.
There, he developed the concept of "critical regionalism" which fuelled and still fuels the debate on the future of architecture and was crucial to the dissemination of Portuguese architecture.
Professor Emeritus at Colombia University in New York, where he taught between 1972 and 2020, Kenneth Frampton has also taught at the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, the Federal Polytechnic School in Lausanne, the Mendrisio Academy of Architecture and the Royal College of Art in London.
In 2018, he was awarded the Golden Lion at the 16th edition of the Venice Biennale and two years later he was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services to architecture.
The list of honours is endless. Frampton occupies a legendary role today due to the global resonance of his thinking and the longevity of his work and critical eye.
Casa da Arquitectura awarded the title of Honorary Associate of the House of Architecture to Kenneth Frampton during its 6th Anniversary celebrations, which took place over the weekend of 17, 18 and 19 November 2023.
The British architect, writer, critic, educator and academic, Kenneth Frampton is considered one of the leading historians of modern architecture, whose theories continue to educate generations of students on school benches around the world. The contribution his work has made to modern architecture is unmeasurable, spanning the fields of practice, teaching and research.
Born in the United Kingdom in 1930, he graduated from the Architectural Association - School of Architecture.
Author of several books and essays on modern and contemporary architecture in which he mixes history, criticism and analysis, it was in the 1980s that he published his best-known theoretical work "Modern Architecture, a Critical History", which has since been reissued four times and translated into thirteen languages.
There, he developed the concept of "critical regionalism" which fuelled and still fuels the debate on the future of architecture and was crucial to the dissemination of Portuguese architecture.
Professor Emeritus at Colombia University in New York, where he taught between 1972 and 2020, Kenneth Frampton has also taught at the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, the Federal Polytechnic School in Lausanne, the Mendrisio Academy of Architecture and the Royal College of Art in London.
In 2018, he was awarded the Golden Lion at the 16th edition of the Venice Biennale and two years later he was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services to architecture.
The list of honours is endless. Frampton occupies a legendary role today due to the global resonance of his thinking and the longevity of his work and critical eye.
Jean-Louis Cohen
Casa da Arquitectura awarded the title of Honorary Associate of Casa da Arquitectura to Jean-Louis Cohen during its 6th Anniversary celebrations, which took place over the weekend of 17, 18 and 19 November 2023.
The House invited Jean-Louis Cohen, co-curator of the exhibition "Built Geographies: Paulo Mendes da Rocha" as an Honorary Member in May, months before his untimely death.
A personal friend of Mendes da Rocha who possessed enormous erudition, Cohen was a leading figure in the study of Le Corbusier's work, a militant in the defence of modern heritage and a central figure in the project for the Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine in Paris, of which he was director until 2003.
A lecturer at various architecture schools in France and the United States, he has curated many important exhibitions at some of the world's greatest museums, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Canadian Centre for Architecture, the Centre Georges Pompidou, the Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine and MAXXI, among others.
He has authored around 40 books and was awarded the Order of Arts and Letters by the French government in 2001.
Casa da Arquitectura awarded the title of Honorary Associate of Casa da Arquitectura to Jean-Louis Cohen during its 6th Anniversary celebrations, which took place over the weekend of 17, 18 and 19 November 2023.
The House invited Jean-Louis Cohen, co-curator of the exhibition "Built Geographies: Paulo Mendes da Rocha" as an Honorary Member in May, months before his untimely death.
A personal friend of Mendes da Rocha who possessed enormous erudition, Cohen was a leading figure in the study of Le Corbusier's work, a militant in the defence of modern heritage and a central figure in the project for the Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine in Paris, of which he was director until 2003.
A lecturer at various architecture schools in France and the United States, he has curated many important exhibitions at some of the world's greatest museums, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Canadian Centre for Architecture, the Centre Georges Pompidou, the Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine and MAXXI, among others.
He has authored around 40 books and was awarded the Order of Arts and Letters by the French government in 2001.
Rafael Moneo
The title of Honorary Associate of Casa da Arquitectura was awarded to architect Rafael Moneo in November 2022 as part of the celebrations of the 5th Anniversary of Casa da Arquitectura. Rafael Moneo was born in Tudela (Navarra) in 1937. He studied at the Madrid School of Architecture, graduating in 1961. In 1970, he became chair of Compositional Elements at the Barcelona School of Architecture and, in 1980, he became responsible for the same chair in Madrid until 1985, when he was appointed Chairman of the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, a position he held until 1990. Currently, Rafael Moneo is Josep Lluis Sert Emeritus Professor of Architecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. Author of the National Museum of Roman Art, in Merida, the Kursaal, in San Sebastian, the Cathedral of Los Angeles, and the extension of the Prado Museum, his activity as an architect is developed in parallel with that of lecturer and critic. Rafael Moneo's writings are widely disseminated and the presentation of his work at exhibitions and conferences has taken him to institutions all over the world. Rafael Moneo has received numerous awards, including the Pritzker Prize for Architecture, in 1996, the Gold Medal of the Royal Institute of British Architects, in 2003, the Gold Medal of Spanish Architecture, in 2006, the Prince of Asturias Award for the Arts, in 2012, the National Prize of Architecture, in 2015, the Praemium Imperial of the Japan Art Association, in 2017, and more recently, in 2021, the Gold Lion of the Venice Biennale.
The title of Honorary Associate of Casa da Arquitectura was awarded to architect Rafael Moneo in November 2022 as part of the celebrations of the 5th Anniversary of Casa da Arquitectura. Rafael Moneo was born in Tudela (Navarra) in 1937. He studied at the Madrid School of Architecture, graduating in 1961. In 1970, he became chair of Compositional Elements at the Barcelona School of Architecture and, in 1980, he became responsible for the same chair in Madrid until 1985, when he was appointed Chairman of the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, a position he held until 1990. Currently, Rafael Moneo is Josep Lluis Sert Emeritus Professor of Architecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. Author of the National Museum of Roman Art, in Merida, the Kursaal, in San Sebastian, the Cathedral of Los Angeles, and the extension of the Prado Museum, his activity as an architect is developed in parallel with that of lecturer and critic. Rafael Moneo's writings are widely disseminated and the presentation of his work at exhibitions and conferences has taken him to institutions all over the world. Rafael Moneo has received numerous awards, including the Pritzker Prize for Architecture, in 1996, the Gold Medal of the Royal Institute of British Architects, in 2003, the Gold Medal of Spanish Architecture, in 2006, the Prince of Asturias Award for the Arts, in 2012, the National Prize of Architecture, in 2015, the Praemium Imperial of the Japan Art Association, in 2017, and more recently, in 2021, the Gold Lion of the Venice Biennale.
Álvaro Siza
Was born in Matosinhos in 1933. He studied Architecture at the Porto School of Fine Arts between 1949 and 1955. His first work was built in 1954. He was a professor at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto, the city where he practices his profession. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; he is an “Honorary Fellow” of the RIBA / Royal Institute of British Architects; member of the BDA/Bund Deutscher Architekten; “Honorary Fellow” and “Honorary FAIA” by the AIA/American Institute of Architects; member of the Académie d’Architecture de France, the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts, the IAA/International Academy of Architecture, the National Geographic Portugal; Honorary Member of the Ordem dos Arquitectos; member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters; Honorary Professor at Southeast University China and China Academy of Art and Honorary Member of the Academy of Portuguese Language Schools of Architecture and Urbanism.
Was born in Matosinhos in 1933. He studied Architecture at the Porto School of Fine Arts between 1949 and 1955. His first work was built in 1954. He was a professor at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto, the city where he practices his profession. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; he is an “Honorary Fellow” of the RIBA / Royal Institute of British Architects; member of the BDA/Bund Deutscher Architekten; “Honorary Fellow” and “Honorary FAIA” by the AIA/American Institute of Architects; member of the Académie d’Architecture de France, the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts, the IAA/International Academy of Architecture, the National Geographic Portugal; Honorary Member of the Ordem dos Arquitectos; member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters; Honorary Professor at Southeast University China and China Academy of Art and Honorary Member of the Academy of Portuguese Language Schools of Architecture and Urbanism.
Francesco Dal Co
Born 29 December 1945, is an Italian historian of architecture. He graduated in 1970 at the University Iuav of Venice, and has been director of the Department of History of Architecture since 1994. He has been Professor of History of Architecture at the Yale School of Architecture from 1982 to 1991
and professor of History of Architecture at the Accademia di Architettura of the Università della Svizzera Italiana from 1996 to 2005. From 1988 to 1991 he has been director of the Architectural Section at the Biennale di Venezia and curator of the architectural section in 1998. Since 1978 he has been curator of the architectural publications for publishing House Electa and since 1996 editor of the architectural magazine Casabella. In 2018 he curated the Pavilion of the Holy See at the 16th International Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Biennale Venice Biennale of Architecture. The architects who designed the ten chapels were: Andrew Berman (USA), Francesco Cellini (Italy), Javier Corvalàn (Paraguay), Flores & Prats (Spain), Norman Foster (UK), Teronobu Fujimori (Japan), Sean Godsell (Australia), Carla Juacaba (Brazil), Smiljan Radic (Cile), Eduardo Souto de Moura (Portugal). He is currently Senior Fellow at the Center for Advanced Studies of the National Gallery of Art, scholar at the Getty Center, and Member of the Board of Directors of the Society of Architectural Historians. He is also member of the National Academy of San Luca.
Born 29 December 1945, is an Italian historian of architecture. He graduated in 1970 at the University Iuav of Venice, and has been director of the Department of History of Architecture since 1994. He has been Professor of History of Architecture at the Yale School of Architecture from 1982 to 1991
and professor of History of Architecture at the Accademia di Architettura of the Università della Svizzera Italiana from 1996 to 2005. From 1988 to 1991 he has been director of the Architectural Section at the Biennale di Venezia and curator of the architectural section in 1998. Since 1978 he has been curator of the architectural publications for publishing House Electa and since 1996 editor of the architectural magazine Casabella. In 2018 he curated the Pavilion of the Holy See at the 16th International Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Biennale Venice Biennale of Architecture. The architects who designed the ten chapels were: Andrew Berman (USA), Francesco Cellini (Italy), Javier Corvalàn (Paraguay), Flores & Prats (Spain), Norman Foster (UK), Teronobu Fujimori (Japan), Sean Godsell (Australia), Carla Juacaba (Brazil), Smiljan Radic (Cile), Eduardo Souto de Moura (Portugal). He is currently Senior Fellow at the Center for Advanced Studies of the National Gallery of Art, scholar at the Getty Center, and Member of the Board of Directors of the Society of Architectural Historians. He is also member of the National Academy of San Luca.
Eduardo Souto de Moura
Was born in Porto (Portugal) on 25 July 1952. He graduated in Architecture from the Porto School of Fine Arts in 1980. Collaboration with architect Noé Dinis in 1974. Collaboration with architect Álvaro Siza Vieira from 1975 to 1979. Collaboration with architect Fernandes de Sá from 1979 to 1980. From 1981 to 1991 he works as Assistant Professor of the Architecture course at FAUP. He starts his activity as a liberal professional in 1980. Visiting Professor at Paris-Belleville, Harvard, Dublin, Zurich, Lausanne and Mantova. He received several awards and participated in several Seminars and Conferences in Portugal and abroad. In 2011 he receives the Pritzker Prize, in 2013 the Wolf Prize and in 2017 the Piranesi Award. In 2018 he receives the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale.
Was born in Porto (Portugal) on 25 July 1952. He graduated in Architecture from the Porto School of Fine Arts in 1980. Collaboration with architect Noé Dinis in 1974. Collaboration with architect Álvaro Siza Vieira from 1975 to 1979. Collaboration with architect Fernandes de Sá from 1979 to 1980. From 1981 to 1991 he works as Assistant Professor of the Architecture course at FAUP. He starts his activity as a liberal professional in 1980. Visiting Professor at Paris-Belleville, Harvard, Dublin, Zurich, Lausanne and Mantova. He received several awards and participated in several Seminars and Conferences in Portugal and abroad. In 2011 he receives the Pritzker Prize, in 2013 the Wolf Prize and in 2017 the Piranesi Award. In 2018 he receives the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale.
Paulo Mendes da Rocha
Pritzker Prize in 2006, Golden Lion for lifetime achievement at the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2016, Paulo Mendes da Rocha is one of the great donors for the Casa da Arquitectura archive and its first honorary associate member, a distinction that was announced during the inauguration of the Exhibition “Infinito Vão – 90 Years of Brazilian Architecture” in September 2018. At that time, he also opened the “Two Houses by Paulo Mendes da Rocha” exhibition, curated by architect Nuno Sampaio, which remained on display at the Casa’s Gallery until February 2019.
Pritzker Prize in 2006, Golden Lion for lifetime achievement at the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2016, Paulo Mendes da Rocha is one of the great donors for the Casa da Arquitectura archive and its first honorary associate member, a distinction that was announced during the inauguration of the Exhibition “Infinito Vão – 90 Years of Brazilian Architecture” in September 2018. At that time, he also opened the “Two Houses by Paulo Mendes da Rocha” exhibition, curated by architect Nuno Sampaio, which remained on display at the Casa’s Gallery until February 2019.
Brazil Collective
In November 2018, the Moreira Salles Institute in São Paulo hosted the ceremony to award the title of Honorary Associate of Casa da Arquitectura to the nearly 200 donors of the Brazilian Architecture Collection. Thanks to them, it was possible for Casa da Arquitectura to become the first institution in the world to make a territorial collection of architectural collections. The collection arrived to Matosinhos on 7 August 2017 and consists of 103 projects, more than 50,000 documents, 4,500 of which are analogue, among drawings, photographs, textual documents, models, films, ceramics, among others. Over 2822 kilograms of material travelled between Brazil and Portugal and from it was extracted the Exhibition "Infinito Vai - 90 Years of Brazilian Architecture", which was presented in Casa da Arquitectura's exhibition aisle between 18 September 2018 and 8 September 2019, having subsequently travelled
to São Paulo where it opened in November 2020 at SESC 24 de Maio.
In November 2018, the Moreira Salles Institute in São Paulo hosted the ceremony to award the title of Honorary Associate of Casa da Arquitectura to the nearly 200 donors of the Brazilian Architecture Collection. Thanks to them, it was possible for Casa da Arquitectura to become the first institution in the world to make a territorial collection of architectural collections. The collection arrived to Matosinhos on 7 August 2017 and consists of 103 projects, more than 50,000 documents, 4,500 of which are analogue, among drawings, photographs, textual documents, models, films, ceramics, among others. Over 2822 kilograms of material travelled between Brazil and Portugal and from it was extracted the Exhibition "Infinito Vai - 90 Years of Brazilian Architecture", which was presented in Casa da Arquitectura's exhibition aisle between 18 September 2018 and 8 September 2019, having subsequently travelled
to São Paulo where it opened in November 2020 at SESC 24 de Maio.
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