Tiago do Vale (b. 1978, northern Portugal) is an award‑winning architect and founder of Tiago do Vale Architects. A graduate of the University of Coimbra—where he studied under Fernando Távora and Gonçalo Byrne and later served as both Senator and Assembly Member—Do Vale has established a practice celebrated for its thoughtful integration of contemporary design with Portugal’s rich architectural heritage.
LOCATION: Braga. Portugal
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Designing in suburban housing developments presents a significant urbanistic challenge. These areas often lack a cohesive strategic vision, making it difficult to establish a strong urban identity or enhance the quality of life they provide. As a…
Its layout coincides with the Decumanus Maximus of the roman Braga, rising from west to east towards the Forum, and it’s the final leg of both the Via XX (connecting Astorga to Braga partially by sea) and…
The Duarte Pacheco Quarter where it stands, built between 1935 and 1939, was part of the “Estado Novo” (the authoritarian regime that ruled Portugal from 1933 to 1974) social housing policies in a moment of severe lack…
The purpose of this interior redesign for a recently built townhouse was to extract the maximum potential from the building characteristics, increasing both its functional capacity and the quality of its use.
In a naturally fragmented and disconnected context, the Gafarim House offers monolithic, opaque volumes to the street, citing the compact, parallelepipedic masses of northern Portuguese popular architecture and adjusting its scale to the surroundings.
The Dovecote-Granary is a place of serenity and introspection, where one can establish a strong connection with both nature and oneself. Without a conventional function the space is its own purpose: a treehouse-temple of sorts.
Having as a starting point a shoe store built in the late 90’s, this new commercial space -which targets a very specific (and demanding) market with a wide range of products- required a project designed to have…
Caminha Refurbishment is a renovation project of an 40 sqm apartment in Caminha, Portugal. This charming small apartment was completed in 2016 by Tiago do Vale Arquitectos.
Recent winner in the American Architecture Prize, the Three Cusps Chalet is a very peculiar building, documenting this region’s history and diaspora, and combining typical 19th century Portuguese architecture and urban design with an unexpected alpine influence.
