Miguel Pinto Guimarães

Miguel Pinto Guimarães, courtesy of Guimarães Associated Architects. 

Firm: Guimarães Associated Architects.

Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 

Honors: Interior Design Best of Year Awards.

Bio: Miguel graduated in 1997 in Architecture and Urbanism by UFRJ. He opened his own office with Thiago Bernardes when he was 18. Together, they commanded this office until they were invited to command the Claudio Berdardes office, renamed to Bernardes Jacobsen Guimarães. After two productive years, Miguel left the partnership and opened his own office in 2003, where he carried out, since then, over 400 projects all over the country and abroad.