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.
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