He was born in 1931 in Mozambique.
In 1959 he took the Architect degree at ESBAP (Architecture Faculty of
Oporto) final mark 20.
He won several architecture awards in Portugal and the “European
Community Design Prize 1990”.
In the 50’s, he took the first step in his design object creation.
One of his pieces was choosen as trophy for the 1994 Fado’s Contest.
In 2002 another of his pieces was choosen as a poster to the Goldsmith
Exhibition at the Amalienborg Palace – Copenhagen in Denmark.
He was given a mention in the “Guia de Arquitectura Moderna do Porto”
(Oporto’s Modern Architecture Guide) and in the <“Dicionário de
Personalidades Portuenses do Século 20” (Dictionary of Oporto’s
Personalities of the 20 century) « Porto 2001 » - Capital of Culture - edition.
Some of his works are mentioned in portuguese and foreign publications.
His design objects were showed at the following exhibition both in Portugal and abroad:
Exhibition "Um Ourives e 7 Artistas Trabalham a Prata" – séc. XX (A Silversmith and 7 artists work with silver – 20 century) December 1993
Exhibition "Um Ourives e 7 Artistas Trabalham a Prata" – séc. XX (A Silversmith and 7 artists work with silver – 20 century) June/October 1995
Exhibition "Moderno Antigo" – séc. XX (The old Modern – XX century) Oporto's University – Ordem dos Arquitectos – 1997
Exhibition "Pratas do Porto" – séc. XVII ao séc. XX – (Oporto's silver works – from 17 century to 20 century) October/December 2001
Exhibition "Pratas Portuenses" – séc. XVIII ao séc. XX – (Silver works from Oporto – from 18 century to 20 century) June/August 2002
Exhibition "O Percurso da Prata do Norte de Portugal: séc. XX e XXI – (The evolution of silver works from the North of Portugal: 20 and 21 century) – 2005
Exhibition "A Ourivesaria Portuguesa & os seus Mestres" – (The Portuguese Goldsmithery & his Masters) – June/July 2007
