Rui LeãoBorn in São Tomé and Principe to an Indian family from Goa, Rui Leão is the President of the International Council of Portuguese-Speaking Architects (CIALP). Having lived in Lisbon, he firmed up his career as an architect, urban planner and techer after settling in Macau, China. With a degree from the Architecture School at the University of Porto, he earned his PhD in Architecture and Urban Planning at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) in Australia. He also works in publishing, focused on heritage and urban planning aspects. Jointly with Carlotta Bruni, he founded the LBA Arquitectura e Planeamento firm in 1996, based in Macau. His output includes Nam Van Square (Arcasia Gold Medal, 2005-2006); Sai Van Urban Park (AAM Gold Medal); the Reading Room at the Portuguese School in Macau (UNESCO Innovation in Education Prize - Historical Context in 2012); the renovation of the Moorish Barracks building, listed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO; and public housing in Fai Chi Kei (AAM Gold Medal, 2017). The President of the Docomomo Macau research centre and a member of the Macao Special Administrative Region Government Planning Council (CPU/RAEM), he is also the coordinator of the Thematic Commission on Environment, Cities and Territory of the Portuguese-Speaking Countries Community (CPLP).