Light comes first
We plan around natural light before anything else. Get that right and the rest of the room follows.
Our story
Founded on a love of proportion
Forma began in 2012 in a small Lisbon atelier, founded by an architect and an interior designer who shared a stubborn belief: that good space is felt before it is seen. They were tired of interiors that chased trends and forgot the people inside them.
From a two-person practice we've grown into a studio of fourteen architects, designers, and project leads — but the founding rule still holds. One senior designer owns every project from the first site visit to the final styled shelf, so nothing gets lost in translation.
Today we work across private homes, hospitality, retail, and workplace, in Portugal and beyond. What ties the work together isn't a look — it's a way of thinking about light, material, and how a room makes you feel when you walk in.
Philosophy & values
The principles behind every space
We don't have a house style — we have a set of convictions that shape how we approach each new room, each new client, each new constraint.
Honest materials
Stone, timber, lime, linen — materials that age with grace and tell the truth about what they are.
Proportion over decoration
A well-proportioned room needs little adornment. We resolve the bones before we add the layers.
Restraint
Knowing what to leave out is the hardest discipline — and the one that makes a space feel calm.
Built to last
We design for decades, not seasons, specifying for durability and sourcing responsibly where we can.
True collaboration
The best spaces emerge when clients are heard. We design with you, never simply for you.
The studio
The people behind Forma
A small, senior team of architects and designers who stay close to every project from concept to completion.
Ana Moreira
Founder & Architect
Leads architectural concept and spatial strategy across the studio.
Luís Dias
Co-Founder & Interiors
Heads interior design, palettes, and material direction.
Sofia Ferreira
Senior Designer
Owns residential projects end to end, from plan to styling.
Rui Costa
Project Lead
Manages build, joinery, and trades to keep sites on track.
A decade, measured in spaces
Numbers from across the studio's first fourteen years of practice.
2012Studio founded
14Designers & architects
240+Spaces completed
9Design awards
Our approach
How we work alongside you
Every project is different, but the way we work stays consistent: get close to the site and the client, sketch by hand, and refine until the space feels inevitable.
Listen and observe
We immerse in how you live and how the light moves before drawing a single line.
Design in dialogue
You see the thinking at every stage, so the result is never imposed from above.
See it through
We stay on site through the build, protecting the detail that makes the difference.
Let's design something lasting
Tell us about the space in front of you. We'll bring the craft, the calm, and the care to help you shape it.