Luís Martinho Urbano (Coimbra, 1972) is an architect and professor at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto (FAUP), where he teaches "General Theory of Space Organization" and "Architecture and Cinema", at the Master's course in Architecture, and "Research Methods", at the Doctoral Program in Architecture. He graduated from the University of Coimbra (1998), where he completed a postgraduate degree in "Architecture, Territory and Memory" (2004), and got his PhD at FAUP (2015) with the thesis " Entre Dois Mundos. Arquitectura e Cinema em Portugal, 1959-1974". He is the author, with Alexandre Alves Costa and Sergio Fernandez, of the design for the Requalification of the Monastery of Santa Clara-a-Velha de Coimbra (2008; Diogo de Castilho Architecture Prize 2009, European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage 2010, Best Portuguese Museum Prize 2010, AR&PA International Award 2010). He has presented communications and written articles on architecture and cinema in numerous national and international conferences and publications. He coordinated the Workshop "Cinemarchitecture" (2008, 2009 and 2010), the Summer Course "Architecture and Cinema" (2010, 2011 and 2012) and organized the Seminars "Portugal 1960-74" (2010), "Revoluções" (2011) and the International Conference "Inter[Sections]" (2013). At FAUP, he coordinated the Research Project " Silent Rupture. Intersections between architecture and film " (2010-2013), in the context of which he produced ten short films on architecture. He edited the books "Designing Light" (2007), "Mundo Perfeito" (2008), " Revoluções. Arquitectura e Cinema nos anos 60/70" (2013) and " Circa 1963. Conversas com Arquitectos e Cineastas" (2018), as well as the special issue "The city plays itself. Cinema and the City", of The Apollonian magazine (2018). He is editor of the magazine "JACK. Journal on Architecture and Cinema" and author of the book " Histórias Simples. Textos sobre Arquitectura e Cinema" (2013). He directed the short films "Sizígia" (Best International Fiction Award at the Arquitectura Film Festival 2012, Santiago, Chile; the Best Short Film Award - Shortcutz Porto 2013, Portugal; the Special Jury Prize at the Clermont-Ferrand Festival, France, 2013; and the Special Jury Prize at the VII Corto Acquario - Festival Internazionale di Cortometraggi e Documentari 2013, Italy), "A Casa do Lado" (2012), "Como se desenha uma casa" (2014) and the documentary "Morada" (2019). He curated the exhibitions "Mundo Perfeito. Fotografia de Fernando Guerra" (2008), "More than architecture" (2020), "No Place is Deserted" (2022, with Teresa Cunha Ferreira) and "Green Roofs, Grey Roofs" (2023, with Jayne Dyer and Virgílio Ferreira). He co-curated the exhibitions "Estação Central da Beira. Keeping it Modern" (2022), "Alvar Aalto. O DNA da Cultura Arquitetónica" (2022), "Cartografia Manuel Botelho. Obra e Projecto (2022)" and "Fernando Távora. Pensamento Livre" (2024). He commissioned the exhibitions "Vasco Vieira da Costa: Biblioteca de Detalhes" (2019), "Siza - Inédito e Desconhecido" (2020), "Off-Shore - James Newitt" (2021), "Bartolomeu Costa Cabral / Um Arquivo em Construção" (2021) e "The Matter of Data: Documentary Architecture as Historical Method" (2022).He was a member of the Scientific Committee of the Masters in Architecture at FAUP. He is secretary of the Board of Directors of the Center for Studies in Architecture and Urbanism, director of the JackBackPack Cultural Association and vice-president of the Marques da Silva Foundation.