The Prémios do Imobiliário 2026, organised by Expresso and SIC Notícias, have four Portuguese architecture projects among the finalists. They are works by the studios Mimool, UNUM and Inception Architects Studio and by architect Carlos Pedro Oliveira, of the Municipality of Vila Nova de Famalicão, in an edition that rewards quality and innovation in construction, development and real estate brokerage in Portugal.

At the Prémios do Imobiliário 2026, MS Collection Arouca by Mimool, in Arouca, is competing in the categories Urban Rehabilitation and Reconstruction (Tourism) and New Construction Development (Tourism). Metyis Digital Campus by UNUM, in Gondomar, is competing in New Construction Development (Offices). Quinta dos Carvalhos by Inception Architects Studio, in Leiria, is competing in New Construction Development (Housing). Vila Residência de Estudantes, in Vila Nova de Famalicão, is competing in Rehabilitation and Reconstruction (Student Residences).

Each project answers a different context. MS Collection Arouca, by Mimool, is a five-star hotel set in the south wing of the Arouca Monastery, combining history with contemporary comfort. Metyis Digital Campus, by UNUM, was conceived as the headquarters of the international consultancy Metyis, with a functional, luminous spatial organisation, noble materials and abundant natural light. Quinta dos Carvalhos, by Inception Architects Studio, sits on a two-hectare plot in the middle of a green area and is organised in four single-storey volumes (Garage, Barn, Bell House and Black Bird House) that follow the natural terraces of the land, in concrete, wood and zinc. Vila Residência de Estudantes, by Carlos Pedro Oliveira, occupies a 1961 building originally built for the Volunteer Fire Brigade, in the centre of Vila Nova de Famalicão: the rehabilitation and extension houses 91 students in 53 rooms, with a modular construction system for the new part.

All four projects were photographed by Ivo Tavares. You can get to know each one on the Prémios do Imobiliário page. Congratulations to all the teams that are finalists at the Prémios do Imobiliário 2026.