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.
O.A. Faro
Date – July 27, 2004
Content – EMBAIXADA arquitectura
Entity – OA
Lisbon
Tektónica 06
Year – May 25, 2006
Content – EMBAIXADA arquitectura
Entity – FIL
Lisbon
Road to Wonderland
Date – October 02, 2007
Content – EMBAIXADA arquitectura
Entity – OASRN
Porto
Portugal Now
Date – November 01, 2007
Content – EMBAIXADA arquitectura
Entity – Cornell University
NewYork
Polis-Europan
Date – February 2002
Content – Tomar EMIO
Entity – Europan Portugal
Lisbon
Grandes Debates
Date – June 21, 2008
Content – P-2050, Portela Airport
Entity – OA
Portela
Contractworld Congress
Date – January 20, 2009
Content – EMBAIXADA arquitectura
Entity – AIT
Hannover
Pecha Kucha Lisbon
Date – April 04, 2008 #4
Content – Tomar EMIO
Entity – Pecha Kucha
Lisbon
Halle-a-lectures
Date – October 20, 2009
Content – EMBAIXADA arquitectura
Entity – University of Applied Sciences
Regensburg
30 Anos Arquitectura
Date – January 11, 2017
Content – EMBAIXADA arquitectura
Entity – Lusiada University
Lisbon
NIMM 3
Date – April 04, 2014
Content – EMBAIXADA arquitectura
Entity – Innsbruck University
Innsbruck
4º European-Chinese Cultural Dialogue
Date – October 2011
Content – Round Table
Entity – EUNIC
Luxembourg
MOSTRA Reabilitação
Date – October 25, 2011
Content – Tomar EMIO
Entity – OA
Lisbon
# Processos Generativos
Date – December 05, 2011
Content – EMBAIXADA arquitectura
Entity – IST | Rhino3Dportugal
Lisbon
Projectar com o Lugar III
Date – May 09, 2012
Content – EMBAIXADA arquitectura
Entity – FAUTL
Lisbon
KETHRA International Conference on Gathering
Date – July 31, 2012
Content – Round Table
Entity – National Council of Culture, Arts and Letters
Kuwait
CFC Urban Blind Spots
Date – November 13, 2012
Content – Tomar EMIO
Entity – Sheffield School of Architecture
Sheffield
Contractworld.congress 2013
Date – January 15, 2013
Content – EMBAIXADA arquitectura
Entity – AIT
Hannover
Tile AWARD Symposium
Date – July 2013
Content – EMBAIXADA arquitectura
Entity – AIT
Essen
Inter[Sections]
Date – September 2013
Content – Architecture Storytelling
Entity – Ruptura Silenciosa
Porto
LA MIPA
Date – October 10, 2013
Content – EMBAIXADA arquitectura
Entity – LA MIPA
Lisbon
Close Closer
Date – November 2013
Content – EMBAIXADA arquitectura
Entity – Lisbon Architecture Triennale
Lisbon
Arquitectura e género, Historia e Prática
Date – June11, 2014
Content – EMBAIXADA arquitectura
Entity – ULHT
Lisbon
Colóquio Património Industrial
Date – November 11, 2014
Content – Tomar EMIO
Entity – Evora University
Lisbon
InSitu'15
Date – September 18, 2015
Content – EMBAIXADA arquitectura
Entity – UAL| ISCTE
Almada
os universalistas
Date – June13, 2018
Content – EMBAIXADA arquitectura
Entity – Casa da Arquitectura
Matosinhos
GLocal Settings
Date – November 20, 2015
Content – EMBAIXADA arquitectura
Entity – EXPONOR
Porto
FISTA 19
Date – February 12, 2019
Content – EMBAIXADA arquitectura
Entity – ISCTE
Lisbon
Young Architects Award 10
Date – September 22, 2010
Content – Guarda EMIO
Entity – YAA
Prague
Environmental Monitoring and Interpretation Offices
Date – November 23, 2010
Content – Tomar EMIO
Entity – AIT ArchitekturSalon
Hamburg
Matéria y Forma 5
Date – March 10, 2011
Content – EMBAIXADA arquitectura
Entity – Cátedra Blanca Valencia
Valencia
MOSTRA #1
Date – October 17, 2011
Content – Tomar EMIO
Entity – OA
Lisbon
Geração Z
Date – November 24, 2011#3
Content – EMBAIXADA arquitectura
Entity – arq.a
Lisbon
Concreta 2011
Date – October 18, 2011
Content – EMBAIXADA arquitectura
Entity – EXPONOR
Porto
CERSAIE 2010
Date – September 28, 2010
Content – EMBAIXADA arquitectura
Entity – AIT
Bologne
IV Jornadas de Arquitectura Paisagista
Date – November 07, 2007
Content – EMBAIXADA arquitectura
Entity – Évora University
Evora
ArchitekturSalon Showcase
Date – September 02, 2010
Content – EMBAIXADA arquitectura
Entity – AIT
Cologne
Cinco vezes cinco - Gerações
Date – October 20, 2016
Content – EMBAIXADA arquitectura
Entity – IST | NucleAR
Lisbon
Ciclo de Debates S, M, L, XL Revisited
Date – April 23, 2015
Content – Tomar EMIO
Entity – LA MIPA | Roca
Lisbon
Biblioteca Pública Municipal de Setúbal
Date – July 7, 2013
Content – Setúbal Public Library
Entity – CM Setúbal
Setúbal
International Congress on Sustainable Construction
Date – May 28, 2013
Content – EMBAIXADA arquitectura
Entity – University of Seville | CICSE
Sevilha
Lusiada University
Date – December 2008
Content – EMBAIXADA arquitectura
Entity – Lusiada University
Famalicão
5x5
Date – October 14, 2020
Content – EMBAIXADA arquitectura
Entity – IST | NucleAR
Lisbon
Conférence TABOU
Date – January 8, 2020
Content – EMBAIXADA arquitectura
Entity – ENSASE
Saint-Étienne
FISTA 21
Date – February 25, 2021
Content – EMBAIXADA arquitectura
Entity – ISCTE | NAU
Lisbon
MOVIMENT.A '21
Date – March 10, 2021
Content – EMBAIXADA arquitectura
Entity – NAUBI
Covilhã
microcòsmo–microcosm
Date – July 19, 2021
Content – EMBAIXADA arquitectura
Entity – Università degli studi di Trieste
Gorizia
seminários II e IV
Date – May 26, 2021
Content – EMBAIXADA arquitectura
Entity – DA/UAL
Lisbon
Arquitetura Entre Vistas
Date – 2021(June) EP. 30
Content – EMBAIXADA arquitectura
Entity – @arquiteturaentrevistas
Internet
PRAXIS Architecture Pratice and Learning
Date – April 20, 2022
Content – EMBAIXADA arquitectura
Entity – Lisbon University, Architectural Design Department
Internet
/n confl\ct
Date – April 2, 2022
Content – Marvila OR13
Entity – Direção-Geral das Artes
Lisbon
Convidado Extra
Date – 2023 (May)
Content – OpenHouse Lisboa 23
Entity – Rádio Observador
Jornalist – João Paulo Sacadura
Internet
CofeePaste - comunidade das artes
Date – 2023 (April)
Content – OpenHouse Lisboa 23
Entity – Cofeepaste
Jornalist – Pedro Mendes
Internet
gerações
Date – October, 2016
Content – EMBAIXADA arquitectura
Entity – IST | NucleAR
Lisbon
MAD week
Date – 2024 (Março)
Content – EMBAIXADA arquitectura
Entity – FAUL
Lisbon