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Manuel Tojal Architects Studio is an architecture studio founded in 2014, working across architecture, rehabilitation, and construction projects at different scales and contexts.
We believe that architecture should respond to the practical needs of everyday life, while also contributing to the well-being of those who inhabit spaces. For us, the quality of a project is not defined solely by efficiency or image, but by its ability to create places that welcome, inspire, and remain in memory.
Each project begins with a careful observation of the site, an understanding of people, and the relationship between space, matter, and light. We aim to develop an architecture that belongs to its context, valuing what already exists and revealing new possibilities through transformation and construction.
Our work moves between the rehabilitation of heritage and the creation of new realities. We are interested in the continuity between past and future, tradition and innovation, seeking solutions that are simultaneously contemporary, durable, and deeply rooted in their context.
Construction plays a central role in our practice. We believe architecture gains meaning through matter, detail, and the way it is built. For this reason, we work in close collaboration with engineers, landscape architects, artists, and specialists from different fields, integrating technical knowledge and spatial sensitivity throughout the entire process.
We also maintain a continuous line of research into materials, construction systems, and design processes. This ongoing exploration allows us to investigate new ways of building, combining sustainability, innovation, and architectural quality.
We are aware of the impact architecture has on people and on the territory. Rather than producing buildings, we aim to create places capable of improving everyday experience, promoting comfort, stimulating the senses, and establishing a lasting relationship with those who use them.
We believe that good architecture does not impose itself. It is inhabited. It is discovered over time. And when it truly works, it becomes a quiet presence that contributes to a better life.
In recent years, the studio’s work has been recognised through several nominations and awards, including the Municipal Architecture Award of Odivelas and the National Architecture Prize in Wood (PNAM). More recently, Manuel Tojal Architects Studio was selected by Architizer as one of the 25 best architecture practices in Portugal.
Team
Manuel Tojal
Principal Architect
info@manuelcachaotojal.com
Manuel Tojal (Lisbon, 1983) graduated in Architecture 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 Multifunctional Building of the Serralves Foundation, awarded First Prize in 2008.
Between 2008 and 2014, he worked in several international offices, including Cadaval & Solà-Morales in Barcelona and RMAA in São Paulo.
In 2014, he founded Manuel Tojal Architects Studio, where he currently develops his professional practice in the fields of architecture, rehabilitation, and public space.
He is co-author of the House in Travessa do Patrocínio in Lisbon, completed in 2012, which received the Architizer Building of the Year Award and an Honorable Mention in the Valmor Prize 2014.