Gonçalo Byrne - architect Portugal

Born in 1941
1968 - Graduates at the Escola Superior de Belas Artes in Lisbon.
1975 - Starts his own office, having projects built in Alcanena, Almada, Arraiolos, Aveiro, Braga, Castro Verde, Coimbra, Funchal (Madeira), Lagos, Lisbon, Oeiras, Setúbal, Tróia, Vidigueira, and Vila do Conde.
1985 - 87 Director of the Portuguese Architects Journal, and developed a theoretical and critical activity, publishing several critical essays in Portugal and abroad.
Has been invited for juries, conferences and seminars in Portugal and abroad, and has projects shown at several exhibitions: New York, Lisbon, Oporto, Lucca, S.Marino, Catania, Milan, Venice, Trevi, Messina (Sicily), Buenos Aires, Ljubliana.
Teaching experiences

1986 - 88 Teacher in Oporto C.E.S.A.P. (1986-88)
1990 - 91 Professor at the Lisbon University (1990-91)
1992 - Professor at the Architectural Department of the Coimbra University

Visiting Professor at :
École Polytechnique Féderale de Lausanne, Switzerland (1990-91, and 1994/95)
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium (1992/93, and 1993/94)
the I.U.A.V. - Venezia, Italy (1995)
Seminar of the École d'Architecture de Nancy, France (1995)
Instituto Universitário di Architettura di Venezia, Italy (1995)
Graz, Austria (1998/9).
University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain (2000).

Professor at the 3rd, 4th and 5th International Architectural Design Seminar at Naples, Italy (1991-92-93).
Professor at IV Laboratori d'Urbanisme de les Ciutats - Barcelona, Spain (1994).

Visiting critic in Harvard, U.S.A. (1999)

Prizes - a selection

In 1988 and in 1993 awarded Portuguese National Prizes of Architecture.
In 1988 the AICA/SEC prize (Annual Award of the Portuguese section of the International Art Critics Association).
1995 - Architectural Prize of the "Academia Nacional de Belas Artes"
Gold Medal 2000 of "Academie d'Architecture de France"

Publications - a selection

"Gonçalo Byrne - Opere e progetti", Antonio Angelillo / Ignàsi de Solà-Morales, Documenti di architettura, Ed. Electa, Milano 1998
Casabela (n. 561 and 622)
Lotus International (n. 45,51, 63 and 64)
Domus (n. 655 and 756)
Archis (n. 9/91)
Faces (n. 20/91)
A&U (June 1994)
Architeti (n 2, 12/13, 26)
DBZ (n. 8/94)

PARTICIPATIONS IN COMPETITIONS

1971 DOWTOWN FARO - 1st Prize
1977 EXHIBITION AND SPORTS HALL OF BRAGA - 1st Prize
1988 INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION FOR THE BELEM'S CULTURAL CENTER IN LISBON- 2nd Prize
1990 PORTUGUESE TELEVISION CENTER IN LISBON - 3rd Prize
1990 "CAIS DO CARVÃO" COMPLEX IN FUNCHAL, MADEIRA ISLAND, AQUARIUM AND SEA BIOLOGIC CENTER -1st Prize
1991 ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT INSTITUT, LISBON - 1st Prize
1991 ELECTROTECHNIC AND INFORMATIC SCHOOLS IN COIMBRA UNIVERSITY - 1st Prize
1991 POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES INSTITUT IN LISBON - 1st Prize
1991 REDESIGN OF THE TERRAINS OF THE TOBACCO COMPANY "TABAQUEIRA" IN ALBARRAQUE - 1st Prize
1992 RECTORSHIP OF THE UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO - 1st Prize
1993 NAVAL CLUB OF FUNCHAL, MADEIRA ISLAND - 1st Prize
1993 SCIENCE SCHOOL IN LISBON UNIVERSITY (C8)- 1st Prize
1993 MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT OF THE UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA - 1st Prize
1995 INTERNACIONAL COMPETITION, CAMPUS TECHNO-Z, SALZBURGO, AUSTRIA - 2nd Prize
1995 COMPETITION FOR THE REDESIGN OF SOME COLLEGES AREAS AND SURROUNDINGS, COIMBRA UNIVERSITY - 1st Prize
1997 ENGINEERING SCHOOL FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF MINHO IN BRAGA - 1st Prize.
1997 AMPLIATION AND REORGANIZATION OF SEVERAL SCHOOL BUILDINGS IN TAMSWEG, AUSTRIA - 1st Prize
1997 LISBON PORT CONTROL CENTER - 1st Prize
1998 INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION FOR THE NEW ASSEMBLY HALL IN FATIMA'S SANTUARY - 2nd Prize
1998 INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION FOR THE REGIONAL GOVERNMENT HEADOFFICES IN LEUVEN, BELGIUM - 1st Prize
1999 COMPETITION FOR METROPOLITAN ORCHESTRA OF LISBON - 1st Prize
COMPETITION FOR THE MACHADO DE CASTRO NATIONAL MUSEUM - 1st Prize