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Founded in 2014, Manuel Tojal Architects Studio develops projects in architecture, rehabilitation, and construction across a range of scales. Our practice is rooted in a careful observation of each place, exploring the relationship between space, material, and light to create functional environments that promote well-being and engage with their context.
We work at the intersection of tradition and innovation, combining constructional rigour with continuous research into materials and sustainability. With a multidisciplinary and detail-oriented approach, the studio’s work has received distinctions such as the National Wood Architecture Award (PNAM) and the Odivelas Municipal Architecture Award, and has also been featured in Architizer’s selection of the 25 Best Architecture Firms in Portugal.
Distintions
2023
. Odivelas Municipal Award | Honourable Mention
Adão Barbershop
. PNAM 2023 National Wood Architecture Award | Selected
Apartment in Arroios
. Studio included in Architizer’s “30 Best Architecture Firms in Portugal”
2017
. PNAM 2017 National Wood Architecture Award | Selected
Chanca House
Team
Manuel Tojal
Principal Architect
Manuel Tojal (Lisbon, 1983) graduated from the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Lisbon (FAUL) in 2007.
Between 2007 and 2008, he collaborated with SANAA (Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa Architects and Associates), as part of the team responsible for the international competition for the Serralves Foundation Multifunctional Building, which was awarded First Prize in 2008. Between 2008 and 2014, he worked with several international architectural practices, including Cadaval & Solà-Morales in Barcelona and RMAA in São Paulo.
He is co-author of Casa na Travessa do Patrocínio in Lisbon, completed in 2012, which received the Architizer Building of the Year Award and an Honourable Mention at the 2014 Valmor Prize.
In 2014, he founded Manuel Tojal Architects Studio, where he currently develops his professional practice in the fields of architecture, rehabilitation, and public space.
Francisca Patuleia Figueiras
The Engineer among the Architects!
Francisca completed an integrated master's degree in Biomedical Engineering at Universidade Nova de Lisboa. She continued her academic career in Barcelona where she completed her Ph.D. in Biomedicine in 2012 at Universitat Pompeu Fabra. In the last 10 years, she has dedicated herself to Clinical Research, where she acquired project management and coordination tools. In addition to her academic career, she is Mom and Yoguini.
In the studio her main role is to apply her management skills, giving creativity and art some discipline and focus!
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Pryscila Lorena
Administrative Assistant
Pryscila completed in 2018 her degree in Business Administration at Faculty FACEMG - Faculty of Education of Minas Gerais. After some working experiences in the administration field in Brazil, she decided to changed things upsidedown and moved to Portugal.
Since 2021, she has been working at the studio providing administrative support in the accounting and human resources processes. Due to her Brazilian heritage, she is also responsible for the department of juices and cheese bread.
