Frari – architecture network is an award winning architecture practice located in Aveiro – Portugal.
Founded by Maria Fradinho in 2010, Frari operates within the fields of architecture, urbanism and interior design.
The atelier counts on regular collaboration of external service providers, in diverse areas such as engineering, topography, construction, landscaping, interior design, architectural photography and legal support, promoting knowledge of each multidisciplinary area of construction and so, contributing to the appreciation of architecture as an exclusive product.
With digital and printed publications in all continents, Frari is recognized for the excellence of its architecture proposals.
Frari is a winner of the Future House Awards, Margres Architecture Award, Luxury Lifestyle Awards, Golden Trezzini Awards, Archilovers Best Project, Prémios Lusófonos de Arquitectura, have been nominated for several other awards such as Prémio Municipal de Arquitetura de Ílhavo, ArchDaily Building of the Year, ArchDaily Brasil Obra do Ano and candidate for Prémio Nacional de Reabilitação Urbana.

Maria João Fradinho Ribeiro was born in Ílhavo in 1984.
She was graduated in Architecture by FAAUL Porto (2008), participated in the ERASMUS program at ETSA Valencia, Spain, where she concluded her Master Degree (2008) and, later, integrated the Leonardo da Vinci Program, in Amsterdam, for the admission to the Portuguese Ordem dos Arquitetos (2009).
In 2010, she returned to Portugal to create Frari, developing architectural projects in cooperation with multidisciplinary technicians.
Maria Fradinho is passionate about nature and is always motivated to combine architecture and landscape in the most harmonious way possible .
She develops a formalist architecture, without thereby undermining what she believes to be the most important thing: the intelligence of the strategy adopted for the space distribution.
In July 2020, she was elected to be a Member of the Board of Directors for the Secção Regional do Centro da Ordem dos Arquitectos Portugueses, for the three-year period 2020-2023.

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