CANNATÀ & FERNANDES

Fátima Fernandes and Michele Cannatà have been working together since 1984 and have been invited to participate in national and internacional exhibitions such as: ”Biennale de Venezia”; ”Triennale de Milano”; ”Construir, Habitar, Pensar” IVAM Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderna, Spain; ”Arquitectura de Autor” ETS de Arquitectura de la Universidade de Navarra, Spain; ”Portugal Now” Departament of Architecture, Cornell University, New York, USA; Internacional Expositions of Architecture ”Andrea Palladio” Basílica Paladiana, Vicenza, Itália. C&F have participated in lectures, seminars workshops and have published in Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Germany, Slovenia, USA, Brazil, Mexico, China, and Japan. Since 1999, they are the Commissioners of Architecture events at EXPONOR-CONCRETA. In 2003, they were responsible for the Scientific Coordination of ASA Editions’ Architecture Department. From 2004 to 2006, they were responsible for the Scientific Coordination of CIVILIZAÇÃO Editions’ Architecture Department. Moreover, they have received several awards e.g.: 1989 - Andrea Palladio Honourable Mention Prize with the 27 Council Housing Homes, Vicenza, Italy; 1996 - Piranesi Prize with Nicolas Green Square attribution of the Sciences and Arts Academy of Slovenia; 2004 - Singular Residency 2nd Prize, with the Intelligent House attribution of the Superior Council of Spanish Architects; 2005 - Nominee Work Prize FAD Interiors and Architecture with Self-Sufficient Modules, Barcelona, Spain; 2006 - Accésit Prize, with Conjunto Habitacional of Via Senigallia, attribution of the Superior Council of Spanish Architects, Madrid, Spain. In 2008 they received the 1st Prize for the Multifunctional Building of the Serralves Foundation in Senhora da Hora Competition, in collaboration with SANAA/Kazuyo Sejima & Ryue Nishizawa.