João Damasceno Monteiro was born in 1975 in Coimbra, center of Portugal.
The oldest of three, with two younger brothers, he grew up in the landscapes of the Serra da Estrela mountains.He studied architecture in ARCA coimbra, where he finish his degree in 1999.
Was the winner in a competition by invitation for the headquarters of the bank Credito Agricola de Oliveira do Hospital.
He explores fundamental problems of space,proportion, light and materials connecting architecture with nature.