About ESQVTA Studio
Vitor Almeida is an architect based in Porto, the city where he was born on May 5th, 1974.
In 1999 he completes his architectural degree in FAUP, the Architecture School of Porto’s University and begins his professional career, both as a guest professor at FAUP and as an independent architect.
His path as an architect starts by developing private and institutional projects but early on a passion for sophisticated and tailored spaces drives him to also focus in Interior Design.
In 2003, Vitor Almeida starts his new office and brand eu.sei.que.vou.te.amar… ( ESQVTA Studio) in Porto, extending his professional activity to Interior Design and Furniture Design basing the foundations of his practice in the concept of Interior Tailoring. Each piece created is enveloped in absolute uniqueness and inspired not by seasonal tendencies but by the reflection of his creative universe and the strong clean design aesthetic of contemporary architecture.
Is work is first presented internationally in 2010 with is presence in Interior Design Exhibits.
It is from the headquarters of his office eu.sei.que.vou.te.amar… that Vitor Almeida creates his unique, intimate and sophisticate ambiances extending his work through Architecture, Interior Design and Furniture Design. Each piece and project are unique, both in its design, its careful choice of materials and in the quality of its finishes and execution.
Nowadays, Vitor Almeida’s office counts on a multidisciplinary team to assist him in responding to a growing demand for his work.
Precision and sophistication are two of the most important traits that make up the DNA of the architect’s signature. And it is to the sound of the legendary Tom Jobim that he creates the spaces that awaken a lifelong love affair with architecture.
LOCATION: Porto, Portugal
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Part of the client’s request is the creation of a repeatable concept for several stores for a new fast-food brand to be implemented in the market: hot dogs and other simple, quickly prepared, and low-cost foods.
The intervention in the exterior area of this dwelling concludes a comprehensive but phased intervention, initiated in 2019 with the interior remodeling of the apartment.
The HL apartment is located on the top floor of an industrial-style building, located on the south bank of the Douro River, very close to the Arrábida Bridge.
This project was born from the need to expand a Fitness Center by creating a studio that would complement its two existing ones.
When intervening in a space such as this apartment, one should not interfere with the existing architecture. More than to propose, it was necessary to omit, to refurbish and integrate.
ESQVTA acquired and refurbished a luxury apartment that would permit access to national and international public to the 15 year old ESQVTA’s aesthetic and lifestyle that had until that point only been available to clients.
