Born in Castelo Branco (Portugal), in 09 of August 1961, has graduated in Architecture from Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade Técnica de Lisboa (FAUTL) in 1984
In 1987 obtained a Master of Science in Architecture and Building Design at Columbia University in New York.
Has worked among others with Peter Eisenman in New York from 1987 until 1991 and with Daniel Libeskind in Berlim in 1991

Director of Architecture Department, Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa, from 2004 until 2007
Currently teaching Design Studio in FAUTL and Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa, he follows Architectural thesis projects in ESAP (Porto) and is visiting professor in Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (ESARQ-UIC), Barcelona (Spain).

Lecturer in different countries about ARX´s work and juri member in several national and international architectural competitions.

In 1991, together with José Paulo Mateus, he founded ARX Portugal Arquitectos.
The office work is wide spread from private to public commissions in Portugal and abroad as well as several international competitions. Some of its major projects are built and a few are currently under construction.

ARX´s work has obtained several prizes and mentions such as the International Architecture Awards The Chicago Athenaeum, USA (Ílhavo Library), International Association of the Art Critics, Prize in Architecture 2003 (Maritime Museum), and Nominations for the Sécil and Mies Van der Rohe Prize, 2002 (Maritime Museum).
Beyond projects, articles and references in specialized newspapers and magazines, three monographic books were published on ARX´s work: A Second Nature (Blau 1993), Realidade-Real (CCB 1993) and Ílhavo Maritime Museum (Caleidoscópio 2004).

In 2007 the Portuguese Postal Services has issued a national stamp featuringIlhavo Maritime Museum, currently in circulation