an architecture studio founded in 2023 by Adriano Niel.

we work across the wide range of scales that drawing and space can encompass – from landscape to city, from a building to its interiors, from rooms to objects.

with a multidisciplinary approach, we offer a collective expertise with experience in all phases of the construction process.

adriano niel

born in Lisbon, Portugal, in 1992.
architect graduated from the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Lisbon in 2016. worked at Aires Mateus from 2018 to 2021. in parallel to architectural practice, his writings and research projects has been published in magazines and journals both in portugal and abroad.

elisa toonekurg

awards

3rd prize in quinta do jardim urban park public competition / with Loci Studio

2nd prize in martim moniz requalification international public competition / with Cossement-Cardoso, Pátio Atelier, InLoco

honorable mention in Serreta Viewpoint Public Competition / with materia-sv

honorable mention in the 17th edition of Fernando Távora Prize

uma casa não é uma caixa, research project grant given by Municipality of Cascais

publications / press

fejka in Engawa magazine #32, 2025

museu nacional de arte contemporânea do chiado requalification international public competition at beta-architecture, 2024

bairro das caixas, open lecture at da/UAL, 2024

jardim da mouraria in Lisboa Imagina a Nova Bauhaus Europeia exposition, 2024

jardim da mouraria in Lisboa para Pessoas, 2023

palacete soares mendes in Openhouse magazine, 2024

palacete soares mendes in Manera magazine, 2023

apologia al vegetal in Engawa magazine #27, 2021

caos imagético in Pandemia edition of Jornal dos Arquitectos #260, 2020

a matter of stance in Cartha Magazine #2019

master thesis project in Arquitecturas Lusófonas, Imaginar África, ed. Caleidoscópio 2017