António Carvalho


Antonio Carvalho is Visiting Professor at Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy.
He is a practicing architect who studied at Oporto School and graduated at FAUTL, Lisbon in 1988. He holds a Ph.D in Architecture from IST, Lisbon in 2013.

He is an award-winning architect and urban designer: 2008 – shortlisted at “World Architecture Festival 2008", Barcelona, Spain; 2003 – Silver Plate at the European Architecture Award Luigi Cosenza 2002, Napoli, Italy; 1999 - Honors Mention at "Prémio Architécti / Arkial 1999", Lisboa; 1997 - Honors Mention at "Stone in Architecture Prize -1997", Lisboa; 1995 – Honors Mention at the "National Prize of Architecture", Ministry of Planning and Territory Administration, Lisboa; 1994 – Medal of Municipal Merit, awarded by the Municipality of Guarda.

His PhD thesis was awarded the national prize “Prémio Andre Jordan 2014”.
His main research domains are: age-friendly environments, multigenerational housing, shared urban space and universal design.
His book “Architecture as Space for People”, with Foreword by Gennaro Postiglione and Introduction by Juhani Pallasmaa, was published in 2017 by Caleidoscopio (ISBN 978-989-658-186-2).

Antonio was Vice-coordinator and Coordinator of the Architecture School of the Catholic University of Portugal, between 2006 and 2013, where he lectured Design Studio at Master level with Gonçalo Byrne.
Antonio has taught and lectured in Portugal, Europe and China.