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CVDB ARQUITECTOS
Cristina Veríssimo, Diogo Burnay
Rua das Chagas, nº17, 1ºEsq.,
1200-106 Lisboa, Portugal
www.cvdbarquitectos.com




ABOUT CVDB ARQUITECTOS

The Architecture practice CVDB ARQUITECTOS was founded by Cristina Veríssimo and Diogo Burnay
in 1999. The studio is committed to develop a professional practice associated to architectural
research, understanding each project as an open and participated field to all involved in the design
process, exploring current design practices and building design methods that position architecture
as part of a larger physical and cultural landscape and considering the individual's experience
and perception of urban public spaces. Architecture can make a significant contribution to society
and has a deep routed cultural role in the construction of our cities and landscapes.

We try to celebrate with projects so many of the cultural, political, economic and social conditions
and contradictions with which we are working either with or against, but in a dialectical dialogue
at all times. We try to bring together all the creative, intellectual and critical energy in each project.
In each project, since its early conceptual incubation, we try to work close to our client goals,
concerns and budget management. The studio is also committed to pursue work from early conceptual
stages to design coordination, detail and construction documents and site supervision to ensure that
the intentions, goals and quality criteria.

The practice has had several national and international design awards, has been invited to lecture
in Portugal, Spain, France, Argentina and the USA. Their work has been published and exhibited in
several countries, such as Portugal, France, Netherlands, Romania, Spain, Brasil, Mexico, China
and USA, and recently was included in the Portuguese Recent Architecture Exhibition at the S Paulo,
Brasil Architecture Biennale in 2007.

Cristina Veríssimo graduated in Architecture at the Faculdade de Arquitectura (FA-UTL) and has
a Masters (MarchII) from the GSD, Harvard. She worked with João Luis Carrilho da Graça in Lisbon
and with Zaha Hadid in London. She was awarded with a research grant by the Orient Foundation
in 1997 to research Pawnshop Towers of Macau. She was co-curator of the Lisbon Architectural
Triennale 2007 “urban Voids in the Lisbon metropolitan Areas”. She has been a jury and lectured
in schools in Hong Kong, Europe, Argentina, USA, and currently teaches design studio at the
Faculdade de Arquitectura.

Diogo Burnay graduated in Architecture at the Faculdade de Arquitectura (FA-UTL) and has
a Masters from the Bartlett, London. He worked in Lisbon, London and Macau. He was awarded
with a research grant by the Orient Foundation in 1996 to research modern architecture in Macau.
He was co-curator of the Lisbon Architectural Triennale 2007 “urban Voids in the Lisbon metropolitan
Areas”. He participated in the Architectural association, London Visiting Teachers programme (2007).
He has been invited as a jury at the Invited as a jury at the Architecture Dept. of Dalhousie University,
Halifax (2007), the Bartlett School of Architecture, London (2002-2005), Chinese University of Hong
Kong (1992-97).He taught and lectured at the Architecture Dept. of HKU, 1995, in Hong Kong,
at the ESARQ, Barcelona, 2005, was Cass Gilbert Professor at CALA, University of Minnesota,
2002 and 2006, Ralph Hawkins professor at the School of Architecture of the University of Texas,
Arlington, fall 2007 and currently teaches design studio at the Faculdade de Arquitectura.

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