Cláudio Vilarinho was born in Guimarães, Portugal, in the year of 1977. Since 1999 and as a student, he began to collaborate with several architecture studios. In 2002, he finished the Architecture Degree by the “Universidade do Minho” and has been awarded every year for his best academic results. In 2001, working as a co-author, he won the 1st Prize at the “11º Concurso Ibérico Pladur, Unidad Habitacional para Intervenciones de Urgencia”. He was also awarded with a Socrates-Erasmus scholarship for studying at the “École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne”, Switzerland. Once again he was awarded a scholarship to study at “Universidad Politécnica de Madrid – ETSAM”, in Spain, where he concluded in 2007 the Master‘s Degree in Collective Housing.
In 2003, also as a co-author with the 1st Prize on “Europan 7 – Vila do Conde, Portugal." In 2005 he sets as an autonomous professional. This studio, has received several distinctions, including: the Mobility Award 2007 (awarded for the design of a collective housing building for the elderly); the 1st prize in the Uniscala ’09 competition; the 1st prize in the Exhibition space competition for the Lisbon Architecture Triennale 2010 and the 1st prize in the Engineering Research Institute competition, for the Universtity of Minho at the Campus of Azurém, Guimarães, Portugal.
Since 2008, Cláudio Vilarinho has been invited to be part of academic activities. As additional highlights, there is the fact that in 2007 Newitalianblood.com has selected the studio for the TOP 10 portuguese emergent architects; likewise, representing Portugal, the studio has been one of the 30 internationally selected for the 2010 Wallpaper* Architects Directory.
In July 2010, following the invitation from the italian publishers Casa editrice Libria, the studio had its first monograph,PRIMI PROGETTI CLÁUDIO VILARINHO. Finally, since 2011, the studio launched his online diary, called Cláudio Vilarinho Daily – With love for Architecture.
