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Studio
Our architect’s studio has its headquarters in Funchal, on Madeira Island. Over the last 20 years it has focused on developing residential projects – single and public housing - but it has also produced work for the tourism and service industries, mainly in Madeira.
All the work, from scheduling and preliminary study, through to the base project and the execution phase is followed closely by our team to ensure full coordination with all parties involved and achieve project coherence while avoiding mishaps, so that everything falls within the budget and the scheduling.
Luís Vilhena believes in a modern approach to architecture, respecting and using the full potential of every location and any relevant historical considerations; by adapting them to modern living it achieves results leading to architectural works that add value to their surroundings and contribute to the wellbeing of its future residents.
Luís Vilhena
Lisbon, 1963 ||| Architect, F.A./U.T.L., Technical University of Lisbon in 1987 ||| Architects’ Order membership nº 3185 ||| Contributed to several Lisbon and Funchal architects’ studios between 86 and 96 ||| Moved to Madeira and began working there in 89 ||| Set up his own studio in 1995 ||| Performed urban planning consultancy work for Funchal Municipality’s Strategic Planning Department between 1995 and 1999 ||| Fulfilled various positions for the Architects’ Order from 1995 to 2013, namely Madeira Delegation President and President of The National Delegates Council ||| Co-exhibited nationally and internationally ||| His regular column ‘Sobre (voando) o Território’ ran in Diário de Noticias da Madeira between 2003 and 2009 and between 2015 and 2020 in Jornal da Madeira, broaching themes related to architecture, urbanism and territorial planning 2003 to 2009 ||| Participated in the 20th Century Architecture in Portugal Survey as Madeira’s regional coordinator ||| Represented Funchal as a Municipal Councillor without portfolio from 2015 to 2019 ||| Represented Madeira at the National Assembly between 2015 and 2019 ||| Remains a liberal professional running his own studio, “to infinity and beyond”