Cristina Veríssimo, Diogo Burnay

Cristina Veríssimo and Diogo Burnay are a duo that combines research and teaching with practice, and have shown over the past few years how the diversity of the countries where they work and the different ways they practice architecture have enriched their curriculum. Cristina studied at the Faculty of Architecture in Lisbon and Harvard, having taught in countries such as Hong Kong, Argentina, Chile, the United States of America and Canada. In studio environment, she worked with Carrilho da Graça and Zaha Hadid. Diogo, who also studied in Lisbon and later at the Bartlett School of Architecture, has worked in Lisbon, London and Macau with Maria Godinho de Almeida and Duarte Cabral de Mello, and also at BDP with Manuel Vicente and OBS Arquitectos. Together, in 1999 they founded the studio CVDB in Lisbon, whose merit was internationally acknowledged with awards for projects such as Braamcamp Freire Secondary School, the Tapestry Museum in Arraiolos and the Mora Megalithic Museum.