Tiago Cardoso de Oliveira obtained a PhD in Architecture at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Lisbon in 2015, a Diploma en Estudos Avanzados (DEA) in "Problemas de la Arquitectura y Ciudad Moderna: Teoria, Historia, Proyectos" at the ETSA of Universidad de Valladolid in 2003, a Master in "Cultura Arquitectónica Contemporânea e Construção da Sociedade Moderna" at the Faculty of Architecture of Universidade técnica de Lisboa in 1998, and the Degree in Architecture at the Faculty of Architecture of Universidade técnica de Lisboa in 1988. Since 1991 he has been a freelance architect, after collaborating in the studios of notable architects, such as Manuel Tainha or Vitor Figueiredo, and has built work published in Portugal and abroad. He has been teaching in higher education, with interruptions, since 1990. He taught at the Design Course at IADE in Lisbon, at the Architecture Course at the Faculty of Architecture of the Technical University of Lisbon, at the Integrated Master''s Degree in Architecture in Instituto Superior Manuel Teixeira Gomes in Portimão, and he is currently teaching at the Integrated Master''s Degree in Architecture at the Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture at University of Beira Interior. He is a researcher and member of the scientific council of Arnaldo Araújo Study Center at Escola Superior Artítica do Porto and has published severall book chapters and scientific papers. He continues to practice architecture design as a liberal profession.