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Team
filipe magalhães

porto, pt, 1987; graduated in architecture at faculdade de arquitectura do porto with an exchange year in ljubljana; collaborated with harry gugger in basel and sanaa in tokyo; guest professor in lisbon and milano; phd researcher at faup. partner at fala since 2013.

ana luisa soares

marco de canaveses, pt, 1988; graduated in architecture at faculdade de arquitectura do porto with an exchange year in the university of tokyo; collaborated with harry gugger in basel and toyo ito in tokyo; guest professor in geneva and genova; phd researcher at faup. partner at fala since 2013.

ahmed belkhodja

lausanne, ch, 1990; graduated in architecture at epfl lausanne and at eth zurich; collaborated with obra architects in new york, harry gugger in basel and atelier bow wow in tokyo; guest professor in geneva and paris; phd researcher at faup. partner at fala since 2014.

lera samovich

novokuznetsk, ru, 1991; graduated in architecture at moscow school of architecture; collaborated with bureau alexander brodsky and asse architects in moscow; guest professor in paris, lisbon and venice; phd researcher at faup. architect at fala since 2014; partner since 2021.

ana lima

miramar, pt, 1987; graduated in architecture at faculdade de arquitectura do porto with an exchange year in ljubljana; collaborated with mono, christian kerez and reto pedrocchi. architect at fala since 2013.

joana sendas

funchal, pt, 1991; graduated in architecture at faculdade de arquitectura do porto with an exchange year in rome; collaborated with ainda arquitectura, pedra líquida and ivo poças martins. architect at fala since 2016.

joão carlos lopes

leiria, pt, 1991; graduated in architecture at universidade de évora with an exchange year in dresden; collaborated with rui mendes, ricardo bak gordon and pedro matos gameiro. architect at fala since 2021.

catarina vilarinho

maia, pt, 1996; graduated in architecture at faculdade de arquitectura do porto with an exchange semester in mendrisio; collaborated with masslab. architect at fala since 2021.

eduardo loureiro

porto, pt, 1997; graduated in architecture at faculdade de arquitectura do porto with an exchange year in mendrisio; collaborated with nuno brandão costa in porto. architect at fala since 2023.

celeste assal

geneva, ch, 2002; architecture student in mendrisio. intern at fala since 2023.

angel palmerin, martina porcino, elisa acquistapace, andrea occelli, dolma garcia sherpa, francesca girardi, virginia ricceri, beatriz branco, anna murisasco, carina pannatier, sajoua ettahri, nina guyot, jana von wyl, kentaro hayashi, costanza favero, elisa sassi, paulo sousa, rute peixoto, rikke sandbugte, anyana zimmermann, clara pailler, camelia petre, christina kavoura, mariana silva, diogo paixão, ana sevo, chiara carraro, julia andreychenko, thea orderud, ricardo leitão, francisco rocha, jack huang, gabriela králova, francesca lantieri, and jacopo lugli

Publications

a+u #637

2G #80

Bauwelt 

Arquitecturaviva #256
av proyectos #098

L'Architecture d’Aujourd’hui

Butterflies

werk, bauen + wohnen

Daidalos

trans magazine

The Architect's Newspaper

The RIBA Journal

The Architectural Review

metropolis

Rice Design Alliance

New York Magazine

an interior

dwell

domus

Igloo & Zeppelin

Drawing Matter

What Is A House For?

tracés

fala 01

Exhibitions

hånd og maskin; the national museum, oslo

pictures; architekturgalerie, stuttgart

os novos novos; ccb, lisbon

em casa; ccb, lisbon

objects of fascination; mad, brussels

está nos desenhos; eaum, guimarães

in memoriam; yale university

architects at play; civa, brussels

alternative histories; the architecture foundation, london

what is ornament; lisbon architecture triennial

cats & columns; casa da cerca, almada

incerteza viva; portuguese pavilion, venice biennale

low-resolution houses; princeton school of architecture

room of plinths; chicago architecture biennial

spaces without drama; graham foundation, chicago

25 architects / 5 absent; pavillon de l’arsenal, paris

open house porto (048, 082, 125)

open house lisbon (025, 040, 094)

the state of the art of architecture; chicago architecture biennial

fala, 21 projects; cvernovka, bratislava

anticlimax; lisbon architecture triennial

p.o.p.; storefront gallery, new york

Lectures

clocks and clouds; centennial hall, tokyo tech

six projects; tokyo university of arts

clocks and clouds; usi mendrisio

gloriously repeating; rice university, houston

constructing practice; gsapp, new york

polyphonic repertoire; bozar, brussels

methodic optimism; garage museum, moscow

cornice conversations; eth zurich

on transformations; s am, basel

fictions in vivo; eavt paris-est

portraits; graham foundation, chicago

europa; british pavilion, venice biennale

some houses; university of toronto

recent works; tu delft

tropes; architectural association, london

methodic optimism; barbican, london

borders;  riba, london

current obsessions; bauhaus, weimar

circumstance; tu munich

persistency; casa dell’architettura, rome

task failed successfully; politecnico di milano

folly for an art piece; serralves foundation, porto

dots, lines & morphemes; faup, porto

Teaching

— visiting professors

head geneva

iscte lisbon

eavt paris-est

university of toronto

politecnico di milano

università di genova

royal academy of arts

fa bratislava

— guest critics

usi mendrisio

eth zurich

gsapp new york

epfl lausanne

kth stockholm

faup porto

— guest tutors

iuav venice

eavt paris-est

porto academy

hda graz

tu munich

fa muenster

fa liège

Writings
Honours & Awards

spotlight award, rice university; winner (fala)

secil prize 2023; finalist (082)

prémio manuel graça dias; honourable mention (082)

drawing matter writing prize 2021; winner (ahmed belkhodja)

mies van der rohe award 2022; nominated project (075)

mies van der rohe award 2019; nominated project (048)

debut award, lisbon triennale; finalist (fala)

public competition, setubal; 1st prize (172)

public competition, almada; 1st prize (173)

public competition, lisbon; 1st prize (184)

public competition, tinne (it); 2nd prize (170)

public competition, kortrijk (be); 2nd prize (111)

public competition, tienen (be); 3rd prize (158)

Photography
giulietta margot ( 185 , 182 , 171 , 156 , 150 , 144 , 143 , 136 , 125 , 118 , 114 , 102 , 101 , 098 , 097 , 094 , 088 , 087 , 085 , 082 , 081 , 079 , 077 , 075 , 072 , 069 , 067 , 057 , 056 , 052 , 051 , 050 , 048 , 033 , 030 , 023 ) ;
francisco ascensão ( 189 , 185 , 150 , 144 , 125 , 118 , 114 , 102 , 101 , 097 , 094 , 087 , 082 , 056 ) ;
rory gardiner ( 102 , 097 , 082 , 075 , 067 , 048 ) ;
flávio pires ( 156 , 150 , 125 , 056 , 042 , 033 , 031 , 025 ) ;
lera samovich ( 182 , 171 , 150 , 143 , 125 , 102 , 097 , 094 , 087 , 085 , 082 , 048 ) ;
jack huang ( 098 , 088 , 079 , 067 ) ;
ivo tavares ( 136 , 125 , 118 , 114 , 102 , 101 , 097 , 094 , 087 , 082 , 079 , 077 , 056 , 051 , 050 , 023 ) ;
ricardo loureiro ( 090 , 088 , 086 , 081 , 075 , 074 , 072 , 070 , 068 , 067 , 059 , 058 , 057 , 056 , 052 , 051 , 048 , 030 , 023 ) ;
fernando guerra ( 043 , 040 , 025 , 004 ) ;
Collaborations
pomo ( 156 , 150 , 144 , 114 , 102 , 097 , 094 , 090 , 088 , 087 , 085 , 082 , 079 , 075 , 072 , 067 , 059 , 058 , 057 , 052 , 048 ) ;
paulo sousa ( 118 , 102 , 101 , 098 , 097 , 094 , 090 , 088 , 087 , 086 , 085 , 082 , 081 , 079 , 077 , 075 , 072 , 070 , 069 , 068 , 067 , 059 , 058 , 057 , 056 , 052 , 051 , 050 , 048 , 043 , 042 , 040 , 033 , 031 , 030 , 023 ) ;
mp+pf ( 184 , 182 , 173 , 172 , 156 , 150 , 144 , 143 , 125 , 118 , 102 , 101 , 097 , 094 , 088 , 087 , 085 , 082 , 069 ) ;
experimental ( 184 , 173 , 172 ) ;
oh land ( 051 , 050 ) ;
bimtec ( 056 ) ;
Construction
civiflanco ( 150 , 144 , 136 , 098 , 097 , 090 , 088 , 082 , 075 , 069 , 057 ) ;
calipa ( 182 , 143 , 125 , 102 , 101 , 085 ) ;
maxrenova ( 171 , 114 , 070 , 058 ) ;
engilaco ( 086 , 067 , 059 , 048 ) ;
ruce ( 081 , 052 , 030 ) ;
ogc ( 094 , 087 ) ;
mribeiro ( 118 ) ;
manuel maia ( 042 , 031 ) ;
artworks ( 189 ) ;
jst ( 079 , 068 , 051 , 050 ) ;
rbt ( 077 ) ;
asv ( 072 , 023 ) ;
joph ( 072 ) ;
civilcasa ( 056 ) ;
dejc ( 025 )
Applications

fala is currently not hiring. spontaneous applications should be sent by email to mail@falaatelier.com with a digital portfolio in pdf format. please note that we do not return printed portfolios.