Architect and Urban Planner, FAU-UFRJ, Brazil (1971)

Owner of the ERNANI FREIRE ARQUITETOS ASSOCIADOS LTDA Office

Has elaborated and developed studies and projects for residential, commercial, industrial, touristic, educational, and healthcare purposes, and has been actively involved in the conservation, revitalization, and reuse of buildings and architectural ensembles of historical and architectural value, with several awarded works.

Engages in academic activities as a project professor in the Revitalization/Reuse course of the Architecture and Urbanism Program at PUC-Rio since 2006

Awards:
BRAZILIAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS AWARD / RJ 1977
XV ANNUAL AWARDS
HOUSING SPACE CATEGORY
ITANHANGÁ HOUSE 1973.
ENGº NEVES DA ROCHA STREET, 538

RODRIGO MELLO FRANCO DE ANDRADE AWARD
BRAZILIAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS / RJ 1990
XXVIII ANNUAL AWARDS

NATIONAL ARCHITECTURE AWARD
70 YEARS OF IAB NATIONAL AWARD
VALORIZATION CATEGORY, CONSERVATION, RESTORATION OF ARCHITECTURAL, HISTORICAL, OR LANDSCAPE HERITAGE
REVITALIZATION OF A HOUSE
COSME VELHO STREET, 800
ARCHITECTURAL ENSEMBLE OF LARGO DO BOTICÁRIO.

OUTSTANDING DECOR AWARD 1991
McDONALD’S CORPORATION (USA)
McDONALD’S STORE JUIZ DE FORA, MG

RODRIGO MELLO FRANCO DE ANDRADE AWARD
BRAZILIAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS / RJ 1993
XXXI ANNUAL AWARDS
VALORIZATION CATEGORY, CONSERVATION, RESTORATION OF ARCHITECTURAL, HISTORICAL, OR LANDSCAPE HERITAGE
A RESTORATION, AN INTERVENTION
YPIRANGA AVENUE, 326
HISTORICAL CENTER OF PETRÓPOLIS.

RODRIGO MELLO FRANCO DE ANDRADE AWARD
BRAZILIAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS / RJ 1998
XXXVI ANNUAL AWARDS
VALORIZATION CATEGORY, CONSERVATION, RESTORATION OF ARCHITECTURAL, HISTORICAL, OR LANDSCAPE HERITAGE
A RESTORATION, AN INTERVENTION
RUINS PARK / ANNEX OF THE CHÁCARA DO CÉU MUSEUM – SANTA TERESA.