The language to be used during the activities will be mainly English, so at least basic skills using this language are recommended . Hand drawing and measuring buildings will be the main activity to be developed each day, so a good command of it is also recommended.
Places are limited to 30. We will be developing a selection process among all candidates. Several places will be reserved for students from each participating university.
The tuition fee is 450 euros. This fee includes tuition, lodging, meals and transportation during the two weeks of the Summer School. Once applicants are accepted, the payment procedure will be provided.
*The actual cost per participant for this course is around 2,500 €, but thanks to the support of Richard H. Driehaus, the City Council of Lisbon, the Fundaçao Serra Henriques and the Universidade Nova de Lisboa, the participation fee has been reduced to the 450 € mentioned.
Those interested in participating must fill out the Application Form and send a selection of drawings and projects, preferably hand-made, to info@culturasconstructivas.org
The deadline for the submission of applications is April 8 2026.
If you have any question, please, do not hesitate to contact us info@culturasconstructivas.org
Martinez Alvarez Architects
She received a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Miami and a Master in Design Studies from Harvard University. She is a member of the American Institute of Architects, served on the Board of Architects of Coral Gables, Historic Preservation Board of Coral Gables and volunteers as a member of several committees at the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center in Miami, Florida.
Ana is a partner at Martinez Alvarez Architects. The office work has focused primarily on architectural and urban projects that contribute to the art of making cities. In the 20+ years of the firm’s existence, their work has ranged in scale and complexity from small houses to campus and institutional building design. The broader body of work and ongoing creative research includes residential projects in Coral Gables, Miami, and Palm Beach in Florida; single-family and multi-family housing in the new towns of Windsor and Alys Beach in Florida, and Tannin in Alabama; and historic preservation projects in Coral Gables and Miami in Florida, as well as Martha’s Vineyard and Boston in Massachusetts. The firm has been recognized by four Addison Mizner Awards – in the categories of Historic Preservation, Residential Design, and Renovations & Additions. The office’s work has also been featured in various publications, including the Journal of Traditional Building, Architecture and Urbanism.
Fundación Culturas Constructivas Tradicionales | INTBAU Portugal
A graduate in Architecture of the Oporto School of Fine Arts and Lisbon Technical University (UTL), with a PhD from the Basque Country University (UPV). In 1991 he founded his own practice, from which he designed residential, hotel, retail and urbanism projects that continue the traditions of the regions in which he works. He has lectured at the Architecture Faculties of the Portuguese Catholic University in Viseu and Sintra and been a visiting lecturer at several European universities. He founded INTBAU Portugal, cofounded the European Council of Spatial Planners and is a member of the board of the Architectural Heritage Chapter of the Portuguese Institute of Architects. The quality of his work has earned him international awards such as the 2011 European Prize for the Reconstruction of the City given by the Philippe Rotthier Foundation, or the Rafael Manzano Prize in 2017.
University of the Basque Country
Graduated in Architecture from the School of Architecture of Donostia-San Sebastián where he graduated with honours. He also holds an MSc on Conservation at the University of the Basque Country and a PhD from the same university «Una bella sfida formale tra Quattrocento e Cinquecento» on the contributions made by the great architects of the First Italian Renaissance to the development of bastioned fortifications. Since 2012 he was teaching assistant of the Chair of Architectural Design of the School of Architecture of San Sebastián and has lectured on Urbanism. Currently he is lecturer on Architectural Design at the same university.
Since 2010 he has worked with the architects Manuel Iñiguez Alberto Ustarroz, with Iñigo Peñalba between 2012 and 2016, and since 2015 he works with Imanol Iparraguirre Barbero. Among his most notorious projects are the collaboration with Iñiguez Ustarroz on the Restoration of the City Walls of Hondarribia and the project for the Imperial Fora of Rome. Together with Imanol Iparraguirre, he won the 1st Prize of the Richard H. Driehaus Architecture Competition in 2017 for the restoration of the Renaissance Palace of Grajal de Campos (León) and again in 2018 with his project for the Medieval Walls and surroundings of the Convent of La Coria in Trujillo (Cáceres). In 2019 they received the Award for Emerging Excellence in the Classical Tradition given by the Institute of Classical Architecture Art (ICAA), the Prince’s Foundation (PF), and the International Network for Traditional Building, Architecture Urbanism (INTBAU).
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid | Traditional Building Cultures Foundation | INTBAU Spain
PhD in Architecture and MA in Conservation and Restoration of Architectural Heritage from the Madrid Polytechnic University School of Architecture, where he has been Associate Professor since 2019.
He has been Associate Professor at the Alfonso X el Sabio University (2009-19), Visiting Scholar at the University of Notre Dame School of Architecture (US, 2016) and guest lecturer at universities such as Yale, Miami, Colorado, Liverpool or Politecnico di Milano, among others. His professional practice has been devoted to traditional architecture and building and the restoration and study of historic buildings, largely in Spain and Morocco, along with the creation and management since 2012, thanks to Richard H. Driehaus, of the initiatives run today by this Foundation. He is also the CEO of Kalam Corporation in the USA, a board member of the NGO Terrachidia and cofounding Vice-Chair of INTBAU Spain. Recognitions of this work include the 2015 INTBAU Excellence Award, the 2019 Hispania Nostra Award, a Special Mention in the 2019 EU-Europa Nostra Awards, the 2021 Philippe Rotthier European Architecture Prize, and the 2021 National Craft Award.
Traditional Building Cultures Foundation | INTBAU Spain
A graduate in Architecture of the Madrid Polytechnic University, with a degree in Psychology from the UNED University. For over five years he has been General Coordinator of the French cultural centre Domaine de Boisbuchet, where he has organised courses, exhibitions and residential workshops linked to art, design and architecture. He is also responsible for the collection, library and archive of Alexander von Vegesack, founder of the Vitra Design Museum and a renowned collector. Since 2019 he has been part of the team which has created and coordinated the initiatives run by this Foundation. Recognitions of this work include the 2019 Hispania Nostra Award, a Special Mention in the 2019 EU-Europa Nostra Awards, and the 2021 National Craft Award.
Traditional Building Cultures Foundation | INTBAU Spain
A graduate in Architecture, specialising in Precarious Human Settlements, of the Madrid Polytechnic University. She has taken part in various restoration projects in Casamance (Senegal) and collaborated in the coordination of various workshops for the restoration of historic buildings and earthen constructions with the NGO Terrachidia in Morocco. She has been Secretary and Treasurer of INTBAU España since 2016 and, thanks to Richard H. Driehaus, is part of the team which since 2016 has created and coordinated the initiatives run by this Foundation. Recognitions of this work include the 2019 Hispania Nostra Award, a Special Mention in the 2019 EU-Europa Nostra Awards, and the 2021 National Craft Award.
University of the Basque Country
Graduated in Architecture from the School of Architecture of Donostia-San Sebastián and holds a MSc in Conservation and Restoration of Architectural Heritage from the same university. He is Predoctoral Fellow at the University of the Basque Country and Visiting Fellow at the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut in Madrid where he is developing his PhD on the evolution of circular architecture since Classical Antiquity to Renaissance; paying special attention to the notions of model and type, urban layout, the meaning of architectural form; architectural mimesis and appropriation. He is similarly interested in Neoclassicism, Nordic Classicism and Italian Tendenza.
As an architect, Imanol has collaborated with Alberto Campo Baeza, and also with Manuel Iñiguez Alberto Ustarroz, taking part in the restoration of the City Walls of Fuenterrabia (Spain) and making a proposal for the Imperial Fora of Rome – finalist of the Piranesi Prix de Rome 2016. Together with Aritz Díez Oronoz, he won the 1st Prize of the Richard H. Driehaus Architecture Competition in 2017 for the restoration of the Renaissance Palace of Grajal de Campos (León) and again in 2018 with his project for the Medieval Walls and surroundings of the Convent of La Coria in Trujillo (Cáceres). In 2019 they received the Award for Emerging Excellence in the Classical Tradition given by the Institute of Classical Architecture Art (ICAA), the Prince’s Foundation (PF), and the International Network for Traditional Building, Architecture Urbanism (INTBAU).
University of Miami
He is an Associate Professor at the University of Miami, School of Architecture. He received a Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture from the University of Miami, School of Architecture in 1987 and the degree of Master in Architecture in 1991 from Princeton University. His teaching focuses on courses in Design, History/Theory and Drawing in the core of both undergraduate and graduate programs; including teaching in the Rome Program, where he lectures and leads courses on Roman Villas and Gardens, Renaissance and Baroque Architecture and Urban Design. He also teaches seminars on selected topics on Early American Architecture and heads the UM Grand Tour of Europe (a university wide summer study abroad program), along with participating in the INTBAU International Summer Programs on traditional architecture and urban design research. Professor Martinez is the recent recipient of the ICAA Addison Mizner Award in Pedagogy in 2024.
Frank is a partner at Martinez Alvarez Architects. The office work has focused primarily on architectural and urban projects that contribute to the art of making cities. In the 20+ years of the firm’s existence, their work has ranged in scale and complexity from small houses to campus and institutional building design. The broader body of work and ongoing creative research includes residential projects in Coral Gables, Miami, and Palm Beach in Florida; single-family and multi-family housing in the new towns of Windsor and Alys Beach in Florida, and Tannin in Alabama; and historic preservation projects in Coral Gables and Miami in Florida, as well as Martha’s Vineyard and Boston in Massachusetts. The firm has been recognized by four Addison Mizner Awards – in the categories of Historic Preservation, Residential Design, and Renovations & Additions. The office’s work has also been featured in various publications, including the Journal of Traditional Building, Architecture and Urbanism.
University of Notre Dame
Lucien studied architecture in Paris, where he graduated in 1980. He is a director of Katarxis Urban Workshops in Luxembourg and a partner at Heure Bleue Architects in London. He is currently an associate professor at the University of Notre Dame. He has worked in Luxembourg, where he has carried out a wide range of traditional designs in collaboration with Colum Mulhern. He has taught and lectured in Europe, America and Asia, and has collaborated with the Prince of Wales Urban Design Working Group in Potsdam and Berlin, the University of Miami, the Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, the University of Bologna, the Portuguese Catholic University of Viseu, and the University of Notre Dame (Rome Study Program and U.S. Campus, South Bend, Indiana, University of Buckingham and University of Luxembourg). He is the author, editor or co-editor of numerous publications, among them: New Palladians, Traditional Architecture: Timeless Building for the Twenty-First Century, The Architectural Capriccio, In the Mood for Architecture y Travel Sketches from Elsewhere & Nowhere.
Centro de Estudos de Arquitectura e Urbanismo / Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto
Architect from the University of Porto, he is a researcher at the Centre for Studies in Architecture and Urbanism (FAUP) and a member of the UNESCO Chair “Heritage, Cities and Landscapes.” His work focuses on traditional architecture in northern Portugal, especially in the Alto-Minho region. He is the author of the documentary Das Arquiteturas Tradicionais and co-founder of the Red Horrea network. He received an Honourable Mention in the 2024 Philippe Rotthier European Architecture Prize for his intervention in the Monastery of São João de Cabanas. He combines professional practice with research in heritage and cultural landscape, and has been a speaker at various conferences and events.
He was part of the organizing committee of the International Colloquium on Vernacular Architecture in Arcos de Valdevez (2013) and the 2nd International Meeting of Red Horrea (2023). He participated as a student in the Traditional Architecture Summer School in Cantabria (2019), and as a teacher and organizer in the Arcos de Valdevez edition (2024).
Traditional Building Cultures Foundation | INTBAU Spain
A graduate in Architecture of the Navarra University School of Architecture, where he was later a lecturer and Coordinator of the Architectural Refurbishment and Restoration specialisation programme. He has been Architect of the Historical Heritage Service of the General Directorate of Culture-Príncipe de Viana Institution of the Government of Navarra since 1986. During his time in this body his restoration work on various Navarran historic buildings and ensembles has been honoured with the National Prize for the Restoration and Conservation of Cultural Assets (1998), the Silver Medal of the Spanish Association of Friends of Castles (2000), the 2012 Europa Nostra EU Cultural Heritage Award, and the 2012 Rafael Manzano Prize for New Traditional Architecture, among other distinctions. He is a member of the Partal Academy and of the Catalan Sant Jordi Royal Academy of Fine Arts.
INTBAU Spain
An graduate in Architecture of the Madrid Polytechnic University, and since 1966 professor of General Art History at the Seville University School of Architecture, where he is also Dean. He has devoted his life to the study of Classicism and in particular the Islamic world, and he has built new traditional buildings and restored numerous historic constructions in Spain, the US and the Middle East. He was Director-Conservator at the Reales Alcázares palace in Seville and the caliphal town of Medina Azahara near Córdoba, and chaired the works committee of the Royal Board of Trustees for the Alhambra and the Generalife. He is a member of many Spanish academic bodies, including the San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts. His work has been distinguished with the Gold Medal for the Fine Arts, among other awards, and he is also Commander (with a plaque) of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise. He also won the Richard H. Driehaus Prize for Classical Architecture in 2010, prompting Richard Driehaus to institute a prize in Spain bearing his name – the Rafael Manzano Prize – and thereby originating the initiatives run today by this Foundation and giving rise to all that we do.
Early in the morning, the introduction of the faculty and participants will take place. A bus will transport the group throughout the day to visit and analyze various sites in Lisbon. Each stop will be long enough to study, photograph and draw the local architecture and building details, as well as to analyze the urban fabric.
During the day, participants will also have time to settle in, and a series of introductory talks will be organised.
A bus will transport the group throughout the day to visit and analyze various sites in Lisbon. Each stop will be long enough to study, photograph, and draw the local architecture and building details, as well as to analyze the urban fabric. In the afternoon, lectures will be given on the history, urban landscape, and architecture of Lisbon.
A bus will transport the group throughout the day to visit and analyze various sites in Lisbon. Each stop will be long enough to study, photograph, and draw the local architecture and building details, as well as to analyze the urban fabric. In the afternoon, lectures will be given on the history, urban landscape, and architecture of Lisbon.
The day will be devoted to measuring, drawing, and studying the area where the project will be developed, in order to establish the necessary groundwork for the design work to be carried out the following week. In the afternoon, lectures will be given on the history, culture, and current context of the area.
The group will gather, review, and complete the work already developed. In the afternoon, a round table on the new development of Lisbon’s Northern Area will be held, followed by a discussion.
In the morning, there will be demonstrations of traditional building techniques. Por la tarde, s In the afternoon, various case studies will be identified and several working groups will be formed. Later, lectures on new traditional architecture and urban design will be held.
Free day. In the afternoon, an introductory lecture will be given on topics relevant to the work of the second week.
Throughout the day, participants, divided into several groups, will use the work carried out in previous days to design different improvement proposals for the studied areas. In the afternoon, lectures on new traditional architecture and urban design will be held.
In the morning, the final versions of the design proposals will be completed. In the afternoon, a public presentation of the design proposals will be scheduled. In the evening a final group dinner will be organised.
Closing of the program will take place in the morning.
The Traditional Building Cultures Foundation seeks to foster and promote the study, protection, teaching, dissemination and conservation of the traditional building, architecture and urbanism characteristic of the various regions of the world
The Câmara Municipal de Lisboa is addressing the challenge of the city’s sustainable development by balancing the preservation of its identity and its rich architectural and cultural heritage while responding to new urban needs. In this context, it supports and actively participates in this program as part of its commitment to the future of Lisbon
The Universidade Nova de Lisboa is a public institution committed to teaching, research, and collaboration with its community. With a strong international focus, it participates in this course as part of its contribution to academic debate and the development of the city.
The Fundação Serra Henriques was created in Portugal in 1997 for the promotion of education, culture and science. To this end, it pays special attention to the study of the national territory for local development and the enhancement of cultural heritage.
The Portuguese section of the International Network for Traditional Building, Architecture, and Urbanism (INTBAU) is an active network of individuals and institutions dedicated to creating human and harmonious buildings and places that respect local traditions. It brings together those who design, build, maintain, study, or appreciate traditional construction, architecture, and places.
INTBAU Spain aims to promote traditional construction, architecture and urban planning. It serves as a platform for collaboration and information exchange, while contributing to the promotion of other related initiatives organized by its members and other institutions linked to the network itself.
ENERO Arquitectura is a firm founded in 2006 that develops projects both nationally and internationally, for public and private clients. It specializes in heritage interventions, as well as in the hospitality and healthcare sectors. Its director, Francisco Ortega, was awarded the Rafael Manzano Prize for New Traditional Architecture in 2025.
‘HEURE BLEUE’ Architecture.
The Fundación Arquia was created in 1990 and, since its inception, its objective has been to promote and disseminate projects of a cultural, social, welfare, professional and educational nature in the field of architecture, building, design and urban planning.
