António Maria Braga
Appearance
António Maria Braga is a Portuguese architect, who specializes in traditional Portuguese architecture.[1] Together with the architect Alberto Castro Nunes, he was the 8th winner of the Rafael Manzano Prize for New Traditional Architecture, awarded in 2019.[2]
Education
[edit]António Braga graduated in Architecture in 1980 from the Escola Superior de Belas-Artes of Lisbon (ESBAL), today the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Lisbon, which at the time offered an exclusively Modernist curriculum. António Braga thus developed his mastery of traditional architecture outside his academic years.[3]
Major projects
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Central Mosque of Lisbon (1985), together with João Paulo Conceição.[4]
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José Saramago Public Library of Odemira (2000), together with Alberto Castro Nunes
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Renovation of the Cinemateca Portuguesa building (2002), together with Alberto Castro Nunes.[6]
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Expansion of the Museu da Água in Lisbon
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Renovation of the Campo de Ourique Market (2013).[7]
Awards
[edit]- 2019: Winner of the Rafael Manzano Prize, together with Alberto Castro Nunes
- 2002: Shortlisted for the Philippe Rotthier Prize , together with Alberto Castro Nunes[8]
References
[edit]- ^ Lusa, Agência. "Prémio Rafael Manzano é entregue aos arquitetos portugueses Alberto Nunes e António Braga" (in European Portuguese).
- ^ "2019 | Alberto Nunes e Antonio Braga | Premio Rafael Manzano" (in European Portuguese). 8 October 2019.
- ^ "Como manter a tradição deu prémio a dupla de arquitetos portugueses - DN" (in Portuguese). 15 October 2019.
- ^ "Foreign Affairs Minister pays 'thanks' visit to Lisbon's Central Mosque".
- ^ Lusa, Agência. "Presidente da República descobriu museu de "excelência" em Odrinhas, Sintra" (in European Portuguese).
- ^ Lusa, Agência. "Prémio Rafael Manzano distingue arquitetos portugueses Alberto Nunes e António Braga" (in European Portuguese).
- ^ Coelho, Sara Otto. "Gastronómicos e culturais. Serão assim os mercados do futuro?" (in European Portuguese).
- ^ "2002". www.rotthierprize.be. Retrieved 2021-09-13.