Nuno Tavares da Costa (1975, Lisbon) is an architect, professor, and researcher. Graduated from FA-UTL (1999), holds a PhD in Architecture from ISCTE-IUL (2020), with a thesis on consciousness and language in the work of Paulo Mendes da Rocha, developed through the study of the new National Coach Museum, a project he coordinated and monitored between 2009-2017. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Design at ISMAT and an Integrated Researcher at DINÂMIA'CET-IUL, Cities and Territories group. His research focuses on architecture as a critical process, reconciling construction and reasoning. His studies explore the relationships between design, construction, ethics, and history, with particular attention to narratives of resistance, insurgency, and intellectual disobedience.
He has been Project Coordinator at Bak Gordon Arquitectos since the studio's foundation in 2002. Over more than two decades of professional practice, he has led, designed, managed, and monitored more than fifty projects and works in the areas of housing, education, and public facilities, both in Portugal and abroad. The work developed in collaboration with the studio has been widely recognised through publications, awards, and specialised reviews in national and international contexts.
Costa, Nuno Tavares da. (2025). Empreendimentos transatlânticos: crónica de Paulo Mendes da Rocha (e do Brasil) entre os portugueses [Transatlantic ventures: account of Paulo Mendes da Rocha (and Brazil) among the Portuguese]. RAM Docomomo Ibérico
Costa, Nuno Tavares da; Rocha, Paulo Mendes da. (2022). Porque diabo esse cara fez isso? Entrevista a Paulo Mendes da Rocha. Vitruvius . Entrevista. https://vitruvius.com.br/revistas/read/entrevista/23.090/8486?page=1
Costa, Nuno Tavares da. (2022). Textos brutos: a construção e a profissão. Jornal dos Arquitectos. https://arquitectos.pt/ja_arquivo/JA_262.pdf
Tranfa, Federico; Gordon, Ricardo Bak; Maurer, Bernhard; Costa, Nuno Tavares da. (2019). Ricardo Bak Gordon, Scuola Weitenzelg, Lago di Constanza. Casabella
Tranfa, Federico; Gordon, Ricardo Bak; Costa, Nuno Tavares da. (2019). A Lisbona, sulla collina del Castello. Casabella
Rocha, Paulo Mendes da; Costa, Nuno Tavares da; Seghezi, Elena. (2017). Museu dos Coches. Arketipo
Rocha, Paulo Mendes da; Costa, Nuno Tavares da. (2016). Museu Nacional de Carruages. Plot
Rocha, Paulo Mendes da; Costa, Nuno Tavares da. (2014). Museu Nacional dos Coches. En Blanco
