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Carlos is a cofounder of MAVAA arquitectos, and he is currently deputy editor-in-chief of J–A Jornal Arquitectos and a guest lecturer at the Faculty of Architecture University of Porto, where he is also a PhD candidate and researcher. Alongside, he is a consultant for panoramah!®.
Previously, he taught at the universities of Minho (2022-25) and Florence (2009-10), was working-group leader of Cost Action Writing Urban Places, and published books like Arquitetura Política Desenhada (2025), Repository (2023), Building Views (2017) and Casas Quinhentistas de Castelo Branco (2008).
He won several prizes, including Premio Architettura Toscana 2022, Prémio Fernando Távora 2020, and an honorable mention at Premio Architetto Italiano 2020. He is a member of the International Association of Art Critics (AICA) and the International Committee of Architectural Critics (CICA).
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