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Our team of skilled architects is driven by the belief that architecture has the power to enhance lives and shape a better future.

Studio Arte Atelier d'Arquitetura - an Architecture firm based in Algarve, Portugal.
We create spaces to improve human lives. Our team specializes in sustainable architecture and interior design, based in Portugal. Respecting native materials and ecological studies. Guiding you through the best investment opportunities we can suggest for you.
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Arnold Aarssen

Arnold is the pillar on which the core values of excellence and attention to details of the agency rest upon. He is the one who sits next to each team member, overseeing everything and tirelessly making sure everything is always perfect.

Despite being a creative with a strong vision, he maintains within the agency a healthy balance between creativity and business. He's  actively involved in the company's business strategy design, in project development, implementation, customer service... he also makes sure there is always a good bottle chilled in the refrigerator. Name it and I'll assure you Arnold is involved.

When he is not in the studio, you’ll find him by the ocean, 6 am sharp, deep in meditation or in his Alentejo retreat where he recharges with nature and a good bottle of wine or scouting remote Portuguese villages totally untouched by tourism. A big animal lover, he is inseparable from Matilda, his doggie and if you check his YouTube channel you'll find all the stories of strays and abandoned furry friends he rescues.

Iron on the outside, the sensibility of a real artist on the inside, he is StudioArte beacon of light.

Ruben Guerreiro

Ruben is a maths and geometry maverick, in love with shapes and completely obsessed with proportions and the order he can see in an image.

This passion for lines and order has led him to photography where he constantly searches for small details to guide the viewer’s eye and for the unique way objects are shaped by light. Today, he sees the design process as a maths challenge and finding the right shape, the true form as the creative solution to it. Architectural work allows him to find the perfect balance between logical reality and creativity, functionality and beauty. A pure answer to an architectural query.

João Carriço

Member of the original trio of founders of studioarte, with blue eyes to knock you over, Joao doesn’t speak much and only when he has something meaningful to say.

Based in Portimao, he designs buildings that improve the quality of life of his clients and shape the environment they live in. He’s married to a Cuban beauty and they have a gorgeous little daughter.

He caters for all clients. For the pragmatic ones, he builds spaces in which they can live, play and work at ease. For the romantic types, he takes their dreams and turns them into reality.

He always wanted to be a deejay and music has his heart. Now, he listens to his favourite playlists while he mixes lines, shapes and volumes in a perfectly harmonium ensemble inspired by the notes of the soundtrack of the day.

Joana Dalmau Pinto

Portimao based architect, Joana is one of the three founding members of the studio and a mother of two. She is a beautiful woman with long black curly hair,  an impeccable taste, and a smile for everyone.

Since childhood, she has been playing with colours and nuances thinking she would become a painter. One night, she changed her mind and moved onto architecture, but in a way, she still is a painter at heart, since she perfectly translates a creative idea on paper and turns wishes and dreams into something real you can look at and work with.

She is a true sister and an inspiration to all of us at Studio Arte.

Cristina Cláudio

A true perfectionist who goes nuts when the measurements don’t match as they should, Christina is also the legislation master of the studio who always knows the law better than anyone else.

She is equally addicted to the business like on-stage adrenaline than to the silence and freedom she experiences in nature. She dances anywhere and any time. Her love for dancing might have something to do with her special interest in the relationship between dance and architecture and the ways in which the quality of a space influences human movement inducing certain emotional responses and moods in people.