ATELIER CENTRAL (AC) was founded in 1996 by José Martinez Silva, the company’s CEO and main leader architect, graduated from the Faculty of Architecture of the Technical University of Lisbon (FAUTL) in 1989. The office works internationally, designing and developing projects in numerous areas, such as residential, public and private equipments, offices, retails and corporate design.
AC faces each challenge with enthusiasm and responsibility, despite its purpose or dimension. Driven and inspired by values of excellence, the office always tries to make the creative process as participative as it can be, engaging custumers and all other parties involved, so that everyone works together as a whole. The design process is supposed to achieve a consistent idea, always respecting the location, surroundings and history. It must have its own identity, without forgetting the creative and intelligent management of the available resources, in order to meet budget and schedule.
Although AC's specialized in brand design and has been working as a corporate design consultant for General Motors Portugal since 1990's, it has won several international competitions and impotant awards in many areas, such as 2023 4 Future Awards - Best of Best, several nominations as ArchDaily's Best Project of the year in 2022/23, 2017 American Architecture Prize - The Firm of the Year Awards, 2016 International Space Design Awards Idea-Tops, Valmor Award in 2011 and Conde de Oeiras Award in 1999, and it also has numerous publications in highly acclaimed magazines, the built portfolio includes schools, hotels, resorts, factories, automotive facilities, healthcare facilities, offices, apartments and private houses in Portugal, Germany, England, Spain, Angola and Mozambique.
ATELIER CENTRAL (AC) was founded in 1996 by José Martinez Silva, the company’s CEO and main leader architect, graduated from the Faculty of Architecture of the Technical University of Lisbon (FAUTL) in 1989. The office works internationally, designing and developing projects in numerous areas, such as residential, public and private equipments, offices, retails and corporate design.
AC faces each challenge with enthusiasm and responsibility, despite its purpose or dimension. Driven and inspired by values of excellence, the office always tries to make the creative process as participative as it can be, engaging custumers and all other parties involved, so that everyone works together as a whole. The design process is supposed to achieve a consistent idea, always respecting the location, surroundings and history. It must have its own identity, without forgetting the creative and intelligent management of the available resources, in order to meet budget and schedule.
Although AC's specialized in brand design and has been working as a corporate design consultant for General Motors Portugal since 1990's, it has won several international competitions and impotant awards in many areas, such as 2023 4 Future Awards - Best of Best, several nominations as ArchDaily's Best Project of the year in 2022/23, 2017 American Architecture Prize - The Firm of the Year Awards, 2016 International Space Design Awards Idea-Tops, Valmor Award in 2011 and Conde de Oeiras Award in 1999, and it also has numerous publications in highly acclaimed magazines, the built portfolio includes schools, hotels, resorts, factories, automotive facilities, healthcare facilities, offices, apartments and private houses in Portugal, Germany, England, Spain, Angola and Mozambique.