Hena Architects

Architecture — Interiors — Urbanism

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Zurich / Lisbon

Est. 2009

Journal

Oct 12, 2026

Hena wins the competition for the new Riverside Library

a group of tall buildings under a cloudy blue sky

Hena Architects — Index 002

Now building — Porto, Portugal

41.1579° N — 8.6291° W

Now building

Granite Terraces

Thirty-eight homes stepping down a granite slope, each with a garden on the roof below.

Quiet buildings for loud cities

Architecture, interiors and public space from Zurich and Lisbon. Thirty-four people designing for a slower, kinder city.

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  • A new typology for the city —

Disciplines

Architecture. Interiors. Urbanism.

From a single room to a city block: since 2009 we have designed more than 210’000 m² of public buildings, homes, workplaces and the spaces between them.

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Architecture

New buildings from first sketch to handover: cultural, civic, residential and workplace projects shaped by site, climate and use.

Cultural · Civic · Housing · Workplace

02

Interiors

Rooms, furniture and fit-outs designed together with the building — or carefully inserted into an existing one.

Workplace · Hospitality · Retail · Homes

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Urban design

Masterplans, streets and public spaces that make neighbourhoods easier to walk, share and grow old in.

Masterplans · Public space · Landscape

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Renovation & reuse

Giving existing buildings a second life. The greenest building is usually the one that is already standing.

Adaptive reuse · Heritage · Retrofit

Buildings that age gracefully

Hena Architects

We design for the long life of a building: robust materials, generous rooms and structures the next generation can adapt.

Buildings that age gracefully

Hena Architects

We design for the long life of a building: robust materials, generous rooms and structures the next generation can adapt.

Selected work 2021 — 2026

Spaces that adapt to every life

Libraries, homes, workshops and pavilions — each project begins with the people who will use it and the place it belongs to.

An evolving practice

An evolving practice

At the heart of every project is a long conversation — with clients, with craftspeople and with the city itself. Over seventeen years it has shaped two studios and one way of working.

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Buildings completed

142

Buildings completed

142

Square metres designed

210’000

Square metres designed

210’000

People in the studio

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People in the studio

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