Paulo Tormenta Pinto and Ana Vaz Milheiro recognized at the 2026 FORMA Awards

The FORMA Awards recognise outstanding architectural work in Portugal, as well as architects and teams who have contributed to the country’s recent architectural production, promoting and highlighting contemporary architectural practice.

Paulo Tormenta Pinto, Director of DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte and Professor at Iscte’s Department of Architecture and Urbanism, was among those recognised at the 2026 edition. His project Parque Desportivo de Ramalde, in Porto, won the award in the C3 – Collective Facilities category.

Ana Vaz Milheiro, integrated researcher at DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte, received the Special Mention for Teaching and Research. She is the Principal Investigator of ArchLabour, a research project exploring “The role and legacy of mass labour in the design, planning and construction of Public Works in former African territories under Portuguese colonial rule.”

ArchLabour is funded by the European Research Council (ERC) through an Advanced Grant under the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme [grant agreement 101096606].