João Cruz Neves
Natural from Lisbon, João has been living in Istanbul for the last 5 years. Through more than 20 years of professional experience, he has had the chance to work as lead designer in Retail, Hospitality, Mixed-Use and Masterplan projects in countries such as Portugal, Spain, Turkey, China, UAE, Qatar, Russia and many others. As a designer his special interest lies in the positive tensions created between local traditions and a global modern vision of Architecture.
jotacn@gmail.com — +90 533 056 3660 — CV— Design Portfolio
Claus Spix
Born in Germany, Claus is living in Madrid for already more than 20 years. He started his career in Hamburg and he has leaded architectural teams for multinational design companies in London and Madrid, looking back to more than 25 years of professional experience as lead designer for Retail, Hospitality, Mixed-Use, Workplace and Masterplan projects around the Mediterranean Sea, especially in Turkey and Spain. Lately, he was in charge for the business development in Egypt and responsible for the design and for the client liaison for several construction sites at Greater Cairo zone.
liebana10x@gmail.com — +34 646 717 281
João Boaventura
Born and living in Braga, João’s carrier as an architect started in Oporto more than 25 years ago and he has worked for the Public and Private sectors as well developing his own practice. In recent years he has been responsible for designing hotels, schools and residential projects, many of them overseas. He is also a BIM expert and has thorough experience in site and construction management. He follows the motto ”less is more” given his love for minimalist design, he loves good humor, sports, cinema and is (now) a compulsive sketcher!!
arklab@gmail.com — arklabdesign@wordpress.com (under construction)
Miguel Garcia
Miguel Garcia was born in Madrid in 1967, he is an architect by the Universidad Politecnica de Madrid. It’s in that city that he starts his professional activity by working in several design offices. Years later, he moves to Germany, first to Dresden, until the city becomes too small for him and he decides to go to Berlin. There, he has the opportunity to work on the building renovation sector and witness the total transformation of the city in the 90’s. Back to Madrid, Miguel works in an international design office, leading design teams for retail, mixed use and masterplanning projects. His creative restlessness and passion for hand drawing transcends the borders of his professional life.
migr44@gmail.com — Website: mgarcia-cuadernos
Uğur Yavuz
Born and living in Istanbul, his career started after graduating from the Istanbul Technical University where he studied architecture. Throughout more than 10 years of professional experience, he has worked as designer in Housing, Office, Retail, Hospitality, Mixed-Use projects in countries such as Turkey, Switzerland, China, Russia, UAE and Azerbaijan. He believes that his passion for travel is the best way to feed the designer beast inside him.
ugryvz@yahoo.com — +90 532 202 37 17
Luis Esteban Polo
Luis was born in Valladolid, Spain, where he studied his carreer as an architect as well as his master degree. Since 2004, Luis has worked in several design studios in cities like Barcelona, Madrid and Rabat, but his professional occupations also involve teaching. Besides his activity as an architect Luis dedicates a lot of his talent to painting.
José Pesci
José was born in Argentina and has been living in Madrid for a long time. He has more than 30 years of professional experience leading design teams for large scale Retail, Hospitality, Mixed-Use and Masterplan projects around the world, both working as an independent Architect as well as Design Director for major international firms.
josepesci@gmail.com — +34 679 918 854
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