CALADO COUCEIRO APPARTEMENT - construction on-going

JOSEPH SAMUEL - competition for a museum in Sion is a new external collaboration for meier + associés architectes
meier + associés architectes site

AR2A just ended the work for the execution team of meier + associés architectes for a cooperative housing building in Lausanne and we couldn't be prouder. Congrats to the m+aa team for the incredible result, and thank you so much for the incredible collaborating in this project
Photo by ©Philippe Meier - see ARCHITEXTUEL blog

CALADO COUCEIRO APPARTEMENT - we are happy to announce that the construction site will open this fall

PICOUTOS - together with ATA - Atelier Tiago Antero we got the sixth place in the Picoutos housing block competition for IHRU - Instituto da Habitação e Reabilitação Urbana
ATA website

ORQUIDIA - table set drawn by Sofia Gaspar is on sale at SCAR-ID store
SCAR-ID sales website

FEZ - together with Mafalda Mendonça and in collaboration with MASSLAB - we are developing the project for the renovation of a single house in Porto
MASSLAB website

POR EXEMPLO - we had the enormous pleasure of talking at CASA DA ARQUITECTURA about our collaborative process at the office. Thank you Filipa and Tiago from HINTERLAND for the invitation.
CASA DA ARQUITECTURA website

NUDA - AR2A gives a lecture at darq - Department of Architecture of the University of Coimbra.
darq website

ADAM CHAIR - chair drawn by Adriano Reis is on sale at SCAR-ID store
SCAR-ID sales website

GLORIA - on going project for the renovation of a house in Matosinhos

FORCA - together with Diana Viera da Silva Studio submitted a PIP for the realisation of an apartment building in Aveiro.
Diana Vieira da Silva Studio website

ARQ OUT - Round tables with Helder da Rocha (HdR Arquitectos), Sofia Gaspar and Adriano Reis (AR2A), Bruno Moreira (Castro Group), Telma Oliveira (WEK), Francisca Lopes (Álvaro Siza Arquitectos), Adriana Pacheco (Origami), Raquel Pratas and Patrick Monteiro (Menino conhece Menina), Diana Fortuna (Diana Dóris Joalharia), Rita Pereira and Francisco Alves (FARPA) and Paulo Azevedo (PAAZ). How do architects create (and what do they want) outside of architecture? This question - transformed into conversations - aims to explore architects frequent interest in disciplinary transgression.
ARQ OUT

AR2A, together with BEAR, BONELL+DORIGA, CIERTO STUDIO, HANGHAR, MASSLAB, RAR STUDIO, SUMMURY, SPACEWORKERS, SERRANO+BAQUERO, will be speaking at the POR EXEMPLO FEST, which aims to open up space for young Portuguese and Spanish architects to share their ideas, methods and work process.
POR EXEMPLO FEST

AR2A will reinforce the execution team of meier + associés architectes for the plaines-du-loup projects
meier + associés architectes site

Adriano Reis from AR2A and Tiago Vieira from HINTERLAND joined forces to deliver a proposal for the ARQUETIPO 3rd edition.
HINTERLAND website

ALMADA - another collaboration with ATA - Atelier Tiago Antero for the São Miguel housing block competition for IHRU - Instituto da Habitação e Reabilitação Urbana
ATA website

AR2A will collaborate with SCAR-ID to produce two pieces for their 10th anniversary.
Check out their amazing store

GEOMETRIAS CONSTRUIDAS - AR2A is invited to the inauguration of the exhibition of Paulo Mendes da Rocha at Casa da Arquitectura
CASA DA ARQUITECTURA website

FREAMUNDE - another great collaboration with ATA - Atelier Tiago Antero for the Freamunde housing block competition for IHRU - Instituto da Habitação e Reabilitação Urbana
ATA website

CASA - edarq have just launched a 2021 edition of the CASA - Coimbra Architectural Summer Atelier workshop where Adriano Reis had the pleasure to participate as a tutor
CASA

WIP#17 - this was the third and last roundtable organised by INSTITUTE and it was mind blowing - we were delighted to welcome Giorgia Ferretti, Tiago Antero from ATA and Conceição Melo from OASRN among other colleagues and friends. We reflected on how collaboration could fit into the architectural business fabric

WIP#16 - in the second round table hosted by INSTITUTO we had the pleasure to welcome César Besada from CBA and João Pontes from LINK. We talked about collaboration, coordination, concrete, wood, light...light architecture
LINK site

WIP#15 - for this first round table hosted by INSTITUTO we had the pleasure to welcome Ana-Inès Pepermans and Rafael Eloi from the Swiss studio meier + associès architectes. We talked about collaboration and the long history that links Adriano Reis to this atelier and why their long-standing collaborations.
INSTITUTO website

OPPENING OF CINCO EXHIBITION - we would like to thank everyone who passed by the EXPERIMENTAL gallery on 11th March and made this night so special. Photo by Attilio Fiumarella
Attilio Fiumarella website

HANS ISLER - together with ATA - Atelier Tiago Antero and Loci Studio we got the second place in the Hans Isler housing block competition for IHRU - Instituto da Habitação e Reabilitação Urbana
ATA website

CINCO - We are happy to announce that we are opening our exhibition in EXPERIMENTAL gallery. Drop by - we're talking about architecture process and collaboration.
EXPERIMENTAL

AR2A new office in Matosinhos
maps

TO BUILD A HOME seeks to bring into discussion the creative processes, convergent or divergent, of architecture and music. We want to listen the stories of people who live between space and sound.
Read the news on PUBLICO here

CALADO COUCEIRO - phase 2 of the flat renovation is good to go!

GLORIA - we are good to go for this beautiful renovation project in Matosinhos

MUAY INTERVIEW TO TBH - our friends from MUAY - Hugo Ferreira and Nuno Melo Sousa - were interviewed by Adriano Reis for the program To Build a Home on Radio Antecamara
Listen the interview here

AR2A will reinforce the execution team of meier + associés architectes for a cooperative housing building in Lausanne
meier + associés architectes site

CHAPLIN - AR2A and CINC STUDIO join forces to deliver a competition proposal for a new housing building in the historical centre of Andorra, and we got the 5th place
cinc-studio website

TO BUILD A HOME - a radio program about architecture and music created by Adriano Reis for the Radio Antecamara is part of the 10 years celebration of Garagem Sul on CCB - Centro Cultural de Belém - in Lisbon.
Read the news on OBSERVADOR here

POP IT - competition for the new children hospital in Geneva is a new external collaboration for meier + associés architectes
meier + associés architectes site

LUGAR DOS AVOS - glad to announce that this long waited projet is good to go

CASA NAS ARVORES - glad to announce that we are OK for this very special project for very special friends

LINK is now on Instagram
LINK instagram

LINK new image and new perspectives
LINK site

FRAGMENTO - Sofia Gaspar, Adriano Reis and Giorgia Ferretti join forces to deliver a proposal for the new Gaia museum

New AR2A office is on going - we will be next to Matosinhos fresh market. See you there soon!
Future Location here

SIAMESA was featured in the ANTE-PROJECTOS magazine
Ante-Projectos site

We are pleased to announce that after almost 20 years of close collaborations, Sofia Gaspar joins AR2A Atelier de Arquitectos team as an associate and will apply her sensibility and precision in the direction of our Portuguese projects

PLEATS PLEASE - competition for an extension of a primary school in Geneva is a new external collaboration for meier + associés architectes and we got 3rd prize
meier + associés architectes site

Adriano Reis, founder of AR2A, is interviewed for the podcast Arquitectura Entre Vistas - a relaxed talk about the practice, the client and the importance of architecture competition.
Arquitectura Entre Vistas on spotify

SIAMESA is a new on going project from AR2A

Adriano Reis together with Philippe Meier and Rafael Eloi will be workshop leader at CASA2021 - Coimbra Architectural Summer Atelier
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MARIUS-JEANNETTE - competition for a Elderly Care Facility in Bex is a new external collaboration for meier + associés architectes
meier + associés architectes site

J'ADDOR - competition for a Geneva middle school is a new external collaboration for meier + associés architectes
meier + associés architectes site

ROCHEDO is a new on going project from AR2A

FEODORA - competition for a child psychiatric hospital in Lausanne is a new external collaboration for meier + associés architectes and we got 2nd prize
meier + associés architectes site

CALADO COUCEIRO - phase 1 completed

Grande Soeur - competition for the new Pictet Bank headquarters tower in Geneva is a new external collaboration for meier + associés architectes
meier + associés architectes site

AR2A renews its brand image and website with designer Francisco Ribeiro
Francisco Ribeiro site

AR2A and CARPO Studio join forces for the renovation of a private house in Porto

BABEL - competition for a Sion middle school is a new external collaboration for meier + associés architectes
meier + associés architectes site

OTTROP team leaded by Sofia Gaspar, Adriano Reis and Paulo Santa Cruz are selected to the FNRE competitions - a state organization focused on the renovation of public buildings
FNRE site

SPINNER - competition for a Geneva primary school is a new external collaboration for meier + associés architectes and we got 3rd prize
meier + associés architectes site

CROCODILLE - competition for a class block at Bethusy School in Laussane is a new external collaboration for meier + associés architectes
meier + associés architectes site

We merged with CARPO Studio to create LINK, an architecture practice that enhances external collaborations.
LINK website

CARAMBAR - competition for a Geneva middle school is a new external collaboration for meier + associés architectes and we got 3rd prize
meier + associés architectes site

new external collaboration for meier + associés architectes in the Avant-Projet phase for the Alpin pedagogical center in Leysin, Switzerland
meier + associés architectes site

RUBIK - competition for the international police office building in Geneva is a new external collaboration for meier + associés architectes and we got 4th prize
meier + associés architectes site

After working for more than 7 years for the meier + associés architectes office, Adriano Reis will work as an external collaborator from his AR2A office in Oporto
meier + associés architectes site

AR2A, Sofia Gaspar and Paulo Santa Cruz join forces to deliver a new proposal for the new Cyprus national museum

AR2A and Sofia Gaspar proposal for the Lozen Passive House arrives to the second stage of the competition

AR2A, Sofia Gaspar, Telmo Reis and Rui Ribeiro join forces for the participation at the AC-CA Alternative Car Park Tower competition in Hong-Kong - sketches by Telmo Reis

AR2A and Sofia Gaspar deliver a EVOLO competition for a Hong-Kong skyscraper called the People Vertical City and we got selected for the 2012 EVOLO publication
EVOLO Skyscraper Competition site

AR2A and Sofia Gaspar join forces to deliver a proposition for the No Rules, Great Spot competition in Porto. Music by Luis Ribeiro. Selected for the oficial exposition

AR2A, Sofia Gaspar and Telmo Reis join forces for the Living in PARIS competition

AR2A external collaboration for Telmo Reis for a school in Amarante, in the north of Portugal
Telmo Reis site

AR2A external collaboration for Telmo Reis for a hotel and spa in Penafiel, in the north of Portugal
Telmo Reis site