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Ricardo Guedes
Born in Porto in 1978, Ricardo Guedes is a Portuguese architect and founder of ARG Studio. He holds an architectural degree from Universidade Lusíada do Porto and a Masters in Urban Planning from the Faculties of Architecture and Engineering of Porto. During his academic development, he attended the Brandenburgische Technische Universität in Cottbus (Germany) and was a national contact of EASA (European Architecture Students Assembly).
Throughout his professional background, he has collaborated with international offices in Portugal, Norway, and the Netherlands, including the Pritzker Prize laureate Rem Koolhaas office OMA (Office for Metropolitan Architecture), and has also been a partner and co-director of the former Oslo and Porto architecture practice, ONOFFICE. His professional experience includes being responsible for and involved in a wide set of architectural projects and multiple phases in various locations in Portugal, Spain, Brazil, Angola, Norway, the USA, Italy, and Russia, among others.
Practice Ideology
ARG Studio is a Porto-based architecture background studio that develops creative services such as architecture, design, research, and urbanism. They produce physical and virtual content, from inception through conception to completion.
