VdA Lisbon office is one of the five contenders to the Architizer A+Awards in the category of Plus-Architecture and Workspace, and the only Portuguese finalist.

The Architizer A+Awards are the most relevant awards granted internationally within the field of architecture aimed at promoting high positive impact projects. Finalists chosen among the most influential visionaries in the field.

The Architizer is the largest architecture online platform in the world with a global audience of 400+ million, being these awards given by a jury highly reputed in the architecture, design and technology fields.

The rehabilitation of an industrial compound in ‘Santos’ resulting in VdA’s headquarters – an 11.000 square meters’ modern office – using cutting-edge technology and energy efficient solutions, is set against VdA’s hallmark culture and values of close-knit collaboration and cooperation, and was designed by Openbook and PMC Arquitectos.

VdA’s headquarters competes in the same category as the most prestigious architecture projects in the world. The winner shall be announced on July 30 in New York.