Atelier RUA is a collective of four architects with experience in Portugal, the Netherlands and Switzerland: Francisco Garcia de Freitas, Luís Costa Valente, Paulo Vieira Borralho and Rui Velho Didier.
It was founded in 2006 in Lisbon where they develop their activities in architecture, urban planning and design, in different projects ranging from housing and equipment construction and the rehabilitation
of buildings and public spaces to the creation of exhibition spaces and communication design for architecture. The work of the office has spread to different countries, such as Spain, São Tomé and Príncipe
and Angola, in an effort of internationalization that also aims to bring new perspectives to the architectural work, brought by other cultures and realities.
The work of atelier RUA has received several prizes, namely the 1st place in the Public Consultation for the Project of the Information and Documentation Centre of the Lisbon Harbour, Alcântara (project in development), the 2nd place in the Competition for the Conception of the Exhibition Space of Lisbon Triennial of Architecture in 2010 and the 3rd place in the Competition for the Urban Planning and Rehabilitation of the Sea Front of Faro Beach.
