José Carlos Marques Cruz was born in Porto in 1957 and graduated in architecture in FAUP, in 1986. He began his work in the same year and continues as a planner till today, sometimes in partnerships with other architects and other times individually. Has already a wide range of completed projects either as architecture or as interior design with the most varied programs, such as single and multifamily housing, shopping and services around Europe, North America, South America and Asia.