COSTALOPES

Costa lopes is a Luanda (Angola, West Africa) based group of architects, lead by Alexandre and António Costa Lopes, operating within the fields of architecture, urbanism, landscape and interior design, ranging from large-scale developments and urban interventions to single-family houses. Our projects – beyond different scales, programs, sites, materials, clients and users – are considered a work in progress that strains research, imagination, mainstream approaches and local conditions in order to deal with the constantly evolving challenges of contemporary life. Our experience in angola gives us a major tool to deal with whatever challenges wherever we work. We believe in open projects, anchored in local cultures, amplified by world resources and rooted in the ethics that allows public space, collective life and bonded happiness. We are proud to take part of angola’s and africa’s architectural awakening.

Biography
Alexandre Falcão Costa Lopes / Architect
School of Architecture, Lisbon Technical University
Enrolled in the Angolan Union of Architects (UAA) under no. 06/UAA/04
Registered with the Regional Government for the Province of Luanda under nos. 1815 and 1711 for the design and management of construction projects
Enrolled in the Association of Architects of Angola under no. 141
Enrolled in the Portuguese Association of Architects under no. 6538

Born on 27 June 1967 in Lobito, Angola, Alexandre Falção Costa Lopes graduated from the Technical University of Lisbon’s School of Architecture in 1994. During his studies he had already collaborated with the Intergaup firm and also taken part in his first design project as an associate with Conjunto – Estudos Projectos. After graduating, he joined the Atelier do Monte firm for a short while and also collaborated with Intergaup. In 1994 he founded Alexandre Costa Lopes, Arquitectos Associados, which became CLCS –Arquitectos Associados in 1999. In 2003 Alexandre returned to Angola to set up Costa Lopes, Arquitectos Associados with his brother António. It is now one of the leading architectural firms in the country.

António Falcão Costa Lopes / Architect
Lusíada University, Lisbon
Enrolled in the Portuguese Association of Architects under no. 7664

António Falcão Costa Lopes was born in Lobito, Angola on 10 January 1974. He graduated in Architecture from the Lusíada University in Lisbon in 1997. That same year he began his professional career at Alexandre Costa Lopes, Arquitectos Associados. He became a founding partner in CLCS – Arquitectos Associados in 1999. Together with his brother Alexandre, he founded Costa Lopes, Arquitectos Associados in the Republic of Angola in 2003. Today the firm is responsible for some of the most important construction projects in course in the country.