João Pedro Santa-Rita (born 20 May 1960) is a

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. Santa-Rita was born in

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. In 1982 he attended the Summer Course of the University of Architecture in

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, and is licensed in Architecture by the Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade Técnica de Lisboa in 1983. Integrated the

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of the architect José Santa-Rita in 1976. Between 1986 and 1988 worked in the atelier of the architect

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. In 1990 creates the Office Santa-Rita Arquitectos with José Santa-Rita. Was awarded in national and international competitions and received an honorable mention in the International Competition for the Revitalization of ULUGH-BEG CENTER in

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- former USSR and the 1st Prize in International Competition for the Plan of Urbanization Almada Nascente with WAS Atkins and

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Partnership. Was co-commissioner of an exhibition of architectural drawings of the Portuguese Society of Authors in Lisbon (2001) and produced and hosted the traveling exhibition of the Atelier Santa-Rita Arquitectos "Objects + Architectures" - Milan 1999; Lisbon / Coimbra in 2000 and "Paysages Strategic "- Paris 2001, Lisbon in 2003 and" The Poetics of La Fragmentazione "- Milan 2006. Invited to State of Akademie Fur Baukultur (Germany). His works were published in Germany, Argentina, Chile, Spain, England, Italy, Netherlands, Japan and Portugal, and he gave interviews to several

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and

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magazines.

Works and projects

Remarkable, among his projects, the following: * 1989 - Master Home, Lisbon, Portugal * 1991 - Aurélio da Costa Ferreira Institute, Lisbon, Portugal * 1991 - Reconstruction of mansion in Campo Mártires da Pátria, Lisbon, Portugal * 1994 - King John V Exposition, Lisbon, Portugal * 1996 - Marquis of Pombal (

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), Lisbon, Portugal * 1997 -

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Museum, Lisbon, Portugal * 1997 - Interpretative Center of the Ruins of megalithic Alcalar,

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, Portugal * 1998 - Cabo Ruivo (Lisbon Metro), Lisbon, Portugal * 2002 - Habitevora - Quinta da Tapada's Matias,

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, Portugal * 2002 - House in

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, Lisbon, Portugal * 2004 - Restaurant in Parque da Cidade, Beja, Portugal * 2004 - Flower Kiosk in

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, Lisbon, Portugal * 2005 - Car park at Avenida Miguel Fernandes, Beja, Portugal * 2005 - Rio's Restaurant, Oeiras, Portugal * 2005 - Apartments of Prince Royal, Lisbon, Portugal Remarkable, among his architectural projects, the following: * 1989 - Miguel Corte-Real Memorial,

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, United States * 1989 - Ismaelita Center, Lisbon, Portugal * 1991 - Revitalization of the historic centre of

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* 1991 - Houses in Alcainça,

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* 1992 - The Gate of the Present, Netherlands * 1992 - Lusitania, Infinite City,

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, Spain * 1992 - Parque Ecológico de Monsanto, Lisbon, Portugal * 1993 - Houses in Santarém, Portugal * 1994 - Competition for

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, Lisbon, Portugal * 1994 - Competition for the

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, United States * 1994 - Convent of Christ,

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, Portugal * 1995 - Residence of the Portuguese Ambassador, Brasilia, Brazil * 1996 - Lisnave, Lisbon, Portugal * 1996 - Monument to Dr. Azeredo Perdigão, Lisbon, Portugal * 1997 - Rehabilitation of the

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, Portugal * 1997 - Complex Amphitheater,

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, Portugal * 1998 - Urban Renewal Plan for

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, Portugal * 1998 - Portuguese Embassy,

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, Germany * 1999 - Expansion of the

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, Portugal * 2002 - Plan Detail of Urban Beaches,

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, Almada, Portugal * 2003 - Mortuary buildings, Beja, Portugal * 2004 - Multifunctional Building,

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, Angola * 2004 - Plan of Urbanization Almada Nascente, Almada, Portugal * 2005 - Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw,

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, Poland

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