Ruy Jervis D'athouguia

Place: Macao

Born: 1917

Death: 2006

Biography:

Ruy Jervis d'Athouguia was a Portuguese architect born in Macao in 1917. He studied architecture at the EBAP and established himself in Lisbon. In 1949, together with Formosinho Sanchez, he began work on the “Bairro das Estacas” neighbourhood in Lisbon, the first urban complex in the city to apply the Charter of Athens. He was one of the architects of his generation who remained aloof from the nationalistic or vernacular tendencies of the time, favouring the principles of modernity.