Category: Publications

Research on Infrastructure and Public Space in Macau

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LAYERING THE CITY Authors: Rui Leão and F. Carlotta Bruni – LBA Macau Price: 45€ Publication date: May 2025 LBA Architecture and Planning is an architectural practice based in Macau, co-founded by architects Rui Leão and F. Carlotta Bruni. The firm specializes in designing projects that integrate contemporary architecture with the historical and cultural context of the region. LBA has contributed to shaping Macau’s urban and architectural identity during the past 20 years of rapid urbanization.

LAYERING THE CITY: Research on Infrastructure and Public Space

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The book LAYERING THE CITY: Research on Infrastructure and Public Space featuring the work of LBA Architecture and Planning, has already been launched internationally. First presented at the Venice Biennale in May 2025, it was later celebrated in Macau and São Paulo, Brazil in September and October 2025, and has just been launched this month of February 2026 in Lisbon.

Design Activism in the Context of Macau @ urbanNext

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This article focuses on the EPM or Portuguese School of Macau and on the building’s struggle to “survive” as a post-classic monument in a city that navigates a fragile balance when it comes to heritage conservation.

Sai Van Urban Park @ Architizer

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“We avail ourselves of techniques from Portuguese urbanism combined with our own perspective on logistics management of human and traffic flows in an urban setting, joining functionality with the spatial design of the connecting space.”

100 Architects of the Year 2019

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We are proud to announce that 2 projects by LBA Architecture & Planning were distinguished with the selection for the Exhibition 100 ARCHITECTS OF THE YEAR 2019 in Seoul, South Korea.