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University of Porto Famous Alumni

Manuel Marques

Manuel Marques 1890-1956 Architect and lecturer

Manuel Marques was born on 25 December 1890 in Avintes, Vila Nova de Gaia. He was the son of Adolfo Marques, a carver, and Esperança Francisco Pinto, and brother to Adolfo and Francisco Marques, a woodcarving master.

He enrolled in the Porto Academy of Fine Arts and became a friend of Marques da Silva at this school.

He spent the period between 1913 and 1918 (in other words, upon completing his studies) at the family’s workshop and the workshop of his friend Marques da Silva.

After the end of the 1st World War, he pursued his training in Paris, together with fellow colleagues Heitor Cramez, Joaquim Lopes, Manuel Amoroso Lopes, among others. He attended the workshops of Godefroy and Pontesmoli (1921-1924), completed several projects (A Fire-Brigade Headquarters in 1921, the "Albergue de Montanha" (Mountaing Lodge) in 1922, a Hospital in 1924, "Casa de Estudantes de Portugal" (The Portuguese Student’s House) in the university campus, in 1925) and obtained a diploma in Architecture from the French government, in 1930.

When he returned to Portugal, he established himself in Porto, where he set up a workshop in Miguel Bombarda Street, and worked as a free-lance project designer.

He designed over 150 projects throughout his career, some individually and others in cooperation with fellow colleagues, such as Júlio de Brito, João Peneda and Marques da Silva, Amoroso Lopes and Coelho de Freitas. His projects are characterized by different architectures styles (private and collective housing, infra-structures, public parks, shops, urban plans and furniture), and can be found in many Portuguese cities (Porto, Matosinhos, Vila Nova de Gaia, Aveiro, Barcelos, Braga, Penafiel, Famalicão, Fafe, Vieira do Minho, Viseu and Tabuaço).

Some of his most known projects include the Barbearia Tinoco (a Barber’s), in Sá da Bandeira Street (1929), Vitália Chemist, at 34-37 Liberdade Square (1932), a joint project with Amoroso Lopes, in a modern-style building with a geometric façade, the Armando Peres House, in 1933, and the Armazéns Cunhas (Department Stores) (1933-1936), at 14/22 Gomes Teixeira Square, in cooperation with Amoroso Lopes and Coelho Freitas. This project involved the combination of three 19th century buildings with one single façade in Art Déco.

On 26 March 1927 he was appointed Professor of Decoration at the Porto School of Fine Arts. In 1947, following the suggestion of Joaquim Lopes, he was temporarily assigned to Sculpture after the death of the office-holder.

He was also a member of the Aesthetics Committee of the Porto City Hall.

He died on 11 October 1956.
(Universidade Digital / Gestão de Informação, 2009)