Jo Palma

Jo Palma is a Portuguese-Canadian architect and founder of PALMA.

Not to be confused with Joe Palma.
Jo Palma
Born
Portugal
Alma materVictoria College
University of Toronto
OccupationArchitect

Early life

Jo Palma was born in Portugal, and served in the Portuguese Navy. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Victoria College and a Masters in Architecture from the University of Toronto.[1]

Career
Cayan Tower in Dubai, designed by Palma

Jo Palma worked as an architect for the firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.[2] In 2015 Palma joined the architecture firm Perkins+Will, where he served as the Regional Design Director, EMEA, working out of their London office.[1] He later founded the architecture firm PALMA.[3][4]

Buildings and projects

Over his career he has designed and masterplanned buildings on five continents in total. These projects have included mixed-use buildings, skyscrapers, government headquarters, residential complexes (like the Admirala Lazareva in St. Petersburg, Russia), transportation hubs (like the Dublin Airport New Terminal Expansion), civic institutions (like the Panama International Convention Center in Panama City), and community centers (like the Paulínia Smart Community in Paulínia, Brazil).[5][1] He has also helped to produce master plans for cities including Antalya, Turkey.[6]

Palma was the Chief Architect of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization headquarters in Brussels,[5][2] which opened in 2017.[7] He also the designed the Baltimore Tower in London, UK, and the Liansheng Financial Center in Taiyuan, China.[1] Palma is the designer of the Cayan Tower in Dubai, which is the tallest twisting tower in the world,[5] in addition to the city's Rolex Tower.[1] In 2018 Palma began designing The Miami Basel building in Miami, a thirty-six story mixed-use development.[5]

References
  1. "Internationally renowned architect Jo Palma joins Perkins + Will". Commercial Interior Design.
  2. Boyer, Mark (March 22, 2011). "A Modernist Home and Some Unintelligible Realtor Speak". Curbed Chicago.
  3. Morales, Lisa (December 24, 2018). "Architect sets sights on proposed Miami River Opportunity Zone site". Miami's Community News.
  4. "Jeanne Gang reaches architecture's top floor". Crain's Chicago Business. March 27, 2019.
  5. "Architect Jo Palma Designing The Basel Miami, A 36-Story Tower | Elite International Realty".
  6. "Perkins+Will Unveil Master Plan for Antalya, Turkey". ArchDaily. November 24, 2015.
  7. "Montenegro in the new NATO headquarters by the end of the year". European Western Balkans. September 8, 2017.
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