Embaixada was created in 2002 by seven associates with degrees in Architecture and is currently directed by three of the founding partners, with the aim of producing projects capable of answering the exquisite requirements of contemporary life in innovative ways. As an office it refuses to be limited to one type of specialization, constantly searching for new and different challenges.
The work developed encloses areas such as Urbanism, Architecture, New Media, Arts and Design, and our website provides, with short excerpts, an overview of some of the offices designed.
Unleash was established in 2012 by the three directors of Embaixada, in order to clarify the overlapping nature of the design/research phases, allowing space for a wider range of purpose inside the office. Unleash is a task force with an academic focus, scientifically addressing processes and outputs on the architecture frontier, retrieving knowledge and data for future use. An investigation that feeds ongoing design with inventive questions and researches finished design in relation to its consequences and impact on real life.
Embaixada & Unleash are reverse faces of the same coin. Inevitably influenced by other entities of cultural production, they never allow themselves to be limited and hold the ambition to develop processes which refuse generalist results. Each project is developed as a prototype, taking into account the identity of each design and the programmatic conditions of each client.
Counting on the regular contribution of several specialists, in the most diverse areas, in order to extend its expertise and know-how, this hybrid team presents a diversified and dynamic structure. Taking great advantage of each personal contribution and avoiding the traditional majority way of decision-making, therefore holding a debate, generating a strong creative potential and an ample capacity of adaptation to the most diverse types of project.
You are welcome to challenge us!
Contacts
Rua do Instituto Industrial 18, 2d
1200-225 Lisboa, Portugal
(+351) 213 950 199
Inquiries & Commissions
info@embaixada.net
Administration & Accounting
account@embaixada.net
Job Applications & Internships
work@embaixada.net
Paulo Albuquerque Goinhas
M.Psy. in Community Psychology at ISPA University Institute in 2013 and graduated in Architecture from the Lusíada University of Lisbon in 2001.
Invited Assistant Professor at ISCTE School of Technology and Architecture.
Recipient of Europe 40 under 40 2011 award.
Winner of Archiprix International 2001.
Founding Partner of EMBAIXADA, an award-winning Lisbon based architectural studio created in 2002 and re-established in 2017.
Born in Beja in 1977.
Cristina de Mendonça
Graduated in Architecture from the Lusíada University of Lisbon in 2001.
Recipient of Europe 40 under 40 2011 award.
Founding Partner of EMBAIXADA, an award-winning Lisbon based architectural studio created in 2002 and re-established in 2017.
Born in Lisbon in 1977.
Nuno Bernardo Griff
Graduated in Architecture from the Lusíada University of Lisbon in 2002.
Visiting Professor at the Architectural Department (DARQ) and member of Research Center Architectural Lab. (LabART) at the Lusófona University of Humanities and Technology (ULHT).
Recipient of Europe 40 under 40 2011 award.
Founding Partner of EMBAIXADA, an award-winning Lisbon based architectural studio created in 2002 and re-established in 2017.
Born in Lisbon in 1975.
Environmental Monitoring and Interpretation Offices
Date – November 2010
Content – Tomar EMIO
Entity – AIT ArchitekturSalon
Hamburg
O que mudavas no RGEU
Date – April, 2024
Content – RGEU discussion
Entity – FAUP
Porto
Itenerant exhibition - Casas no Alentejo
Date – June, 2023
Content – Herdade da Cardeira
Entity – Ordem Arquitetos
Alentejo
Radar Veneza – Arquitetos Portugueses na Bienal 1975-2021
Date – May 8, 2021
Content – EMBAIXADA arquitectura
Entity – Casa da Arquitectura
Curator – Joaquim Moreno
Matosinhos
Arquitetura em Concurso
Date – March 2016
Content – EMBAIXADA arquitectura
Entity – CCB | Garagem Sul
Curator – Luís Santiago Baptista
Lisbon
Habitar Portugal 12-14
Date – May 2015
Content – EMBAIXADA arquitectura
Entity – OA
Curator – Luís Tavares Pereira, Bruno Baldaia, Magda Seifert
Lisbon
30 Anos Arquitectura
Date – January 2017
Content – EMBAIXADA arquitectura
Entity – Lusiada University
Lisbon
An Architectural Exchange Platform
Date – December 2014
Content – EMBAIXADA arquitectura
Entity – LA MIPA
Curator – Sofia Machado Santos
Beijing
Zuhause auf Zeit
Date – December 2013
Content – Project Proposal
Entity – AIT | McDonald's Foundation
Hamburg
Discrição é a Nova Visibilidade
Date – October 2013
Content – EMBAIXADA arquitectura
Entity – Estratégia Urbana
Curator – Nuno Sampaio
São Paulo
LA MIPA
Date – October 2013
Content – EMBAIXADA arquitectura
Entity – LA MIPA
Curator – Sofia Machado Santos
Lisbon
Drawing Hope
Date – October 2012
Content – EMBAIXADA arquitectura
Entity – Adobe for Women
Lisbon
Backstage Architecture
Date – January 2012
Content – EMBAIXADA arquitectura
Entity – Associazione Italiana di Architettura e Critica
Venice
Geração Z #3
Date – November 2011
Content – EMBAIXADA arquitectura
Entity – arq.a
Curator – Luís Santiago Baptista
Lisbon
BAU Munique
Date – September 2010
Content – EMBAIXADA arquitectura
Entity – AIT
Munique
Museu de Arte e Arqueologia Vale do Côa
Date – November 2004
Content – Competition Proposal
Entity – IPA
Lisbon | Vila Nova de Foz Côa
MOSTRA Reabilitação
Date – October 2011
Content – Tomar EMIO
Entity – OA
Lisbon
Architect Award ABF
Date – September 2009
Content – Tomar EMIO
Entity – AAW
Prague
Contractworld Award 2009
Date – January 2009
Content – Tomar EMIO
Entity – AIT
Hannover
Thyssenkrupp
Date – June 2003
Content – Competition Proposal
Entity – Thyssenkrupp
Porto
Habitar Portugal 2006/2008
Date – October 2009
Content – Tomar EMIO
Entity – OA
Curator – Pedro Gadanho
Cascais
Exposição Colectiva PARQUE MAYER
Date – March 2008
Content – Competition Proposal
Entity – CM Lisboa
Lisbon
Housing Tomorrow 2011
Date – April 2011
Content – EMBAIXADA arquitectura
Entity – d3
New York
Portugal Now
Date – November 2007
Content – EMBAIXADA arquitectura
Entity – Cornell University
Curator – Carla Leitão
NewYork | Ithaca
POLIS viver as cidades
Date – February2007
Content – Guarda EMIO
Entity – Programa Polis
Lisbon
Edifícios do Madan Parque Ciência
Date – April 2004
Content – Competition Proposal
Entity – MADAN | CM Almada
Almada
Êxito e Ilusão
Date – February 2004
Content – EMBAIXADA arquitectura
Entity – OA
Lisbon
Remodelação do Edifício da Delegação do Algarve
Date – June 2004
Content – Competition Proposal
Entity – OA
Faro
PolisEuropan
Date – 2002
Content – Competition Proposal
Entity – Polis Europan
Lisbon