Studio

About.

Founded

2021 · Porto

URBAN Arquitectura e Planeamento is an architecture and urban design studio founded in Porto by Miguel Cabral and Teresa Corujo. The practice spans architecture and urban planning, ensuring holistic and sustainable project design and coordination, supported by extensive experience in both sectors.

Team

Miguel Cabral

Senior Architect · Urban Designer · Partner

OA member nbr 7915

Graduated in Architecture in 1998 from the Faculty of Architecture in Porto University (FAUP), Portugal. Erasmus Scholarship at Facoltá di Architettura di Ferrara, Italy, in 1998.

Master Degree in Transportation Design at Istituto Europeo di Design (IED), Turin, Italy in 2003. Design development of an urban vehicle for public presentation at Geneva Motor Show 2004. Professional internship as Automotive designer at Centro Stile — IDEA3, Turin, Italy in 2003.

Committed to a career as an architect, over more than 20 years and until 2020 he worked at MVCC Arquitectos and oversaw a considerable amount of complex design and implementation projects, both in Portugal and abroad, namely in Asia.

Led cross-functional teams across commercial, industrial, residential, educational, health-care, hotel and urban development sectors, from inception through completion — including collaboration with Balmond Studio (London) on iconic buildings and urban interventions.

In 2021, with Teresa Corujo, he founded URBAN Arquitectura e Planeamento, Lda.

Teresa Corujo

Senior Architect · Urban Planner · Partner

OA member nbr 9074 · APU member nbr 266

Graduated in Architecture in 1999 from the Faculty of Architecture in Porto University (FAUP), Portugal.

Master Degree in Urban Project and Planning at Faculty of Architecture (FAUP) / Faculty of Engineering (FEUP), Porto University, in 2021.

Over the last 20 years she has dedicated her activity to Planning and Urbanism, collaborating with José António Lameiras at GIPP office on a wide range of public and private projects, specializing in implementation units and equalisation instruments.

In 2021, with Miguel Cabral, she founded URBAN Arquitectura e Planeamento, Lda.

Laura Paulos

Architect

OA member nbr 29055

Graduated in Architecture from the Architecture Department in Coimbra University (DARQ-FCTUC), Portugal, in 2021. Erasmus Scholarship at Czech Technical University (CTU), Prague, in 2019.

Joined URBAN Arquitectura e Planeamento, Lda in 2022.