BERNARDO DE MAGALHÃES E MENEZES
Education
University of Porto, Bachelor of Landscape Architecture
University of Porto, Bachelor of Arts in the History of Art
University of Porto, Master of Landscape Architecture
University of London, Master of Arts in Garden and Landscape History
University of Virginia, Ph.D. in the Constructed Environment (Candidate)
Biography
Bernardo Menezes is a landscape critic and historian pursuing a Ph.D. in the Constructed Environment at the University of Virginia School of Architecture. His doctoral research explores the development of landscape architecture theoretical discourse as it evolved as a field of study during the early decades of the twentieth century. It analyzes the circumstances under which the emerging professional occupation developed into an academic discipline, offering a critical review of the ideas of beauty and the aesthetic theories considered in landscape architecture’s early intellectual structure.
Soon after training as a landscape architect, Menezes worked as a designer and independent researcher for the Portuguese Association of Historic Gardens (AJH) and the University of Porto. He is especially proud to have contributed to the project “Restoration of Gardens’ Hydraulic Systems, Walls and Trails,” sponsored by an EEA Grant, and to have assisted in the preliminary studies that led to the inscription of the sanctuary Bom Jesus do Monte (Braga, Portugal) as a cultural landscape on the World Heritage List (UNESCO). His early professional experience prompted him to extend his studies and begin an academic career.
Prior to joining the University of Virginia as a Lecturer, Menezes taught in the Departments of Landscape Architecture and Heritage Studies at the University of Porto for three years, on courses such as “History of Landscape Architecture,” “Landscape Policies,” and “History of Modern and Contemporary Architecture.” For his role as a Graduate Teaching Assistant at the UVA School of Architecture, he was awarded the Class of 1985 Fellowship for Creative Teaching from the Provost and the Office of Graduate and Post-Doctoral Affairs, sponsored by the UVA Alumni Association. This recognition is among the highest honors a graduate student can earn based on their dedication to teaching at UVA. During the Spring of 2024, he was also selected as a Visiting Scholar in Landscape Architecture at the American Academy in Rome.
He earned degrees in Landscape Architecture (B.L.A., 2009; M.L.A., 2010) and History of Art (B.A., 2018) from the University of Porto, to which he added an M.A. in Garden and Landscape History graduating with distinction from the University of London (2019). In addition to the support from the UVA School of Architecture, his doctoral research is funded by a Fulbright Grant for Graduate Studies and a Ph.D. Studentship offered by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT).
Bernardo de Magalhães e Menezes. “Jardins Históricos de Portugal: Memória & Futuro” (review), Brotéria: Cristianismo e Cultura, 191 (2020): 333-334.
Joana Lencart, and Bernardo de Magalhães e Menezes. “Sentença de Foral de Arcos de Valdevez: Manuscrito da Casa da Coutada” (palaeographic transcription), in O Foral Novo dos Arcos de Valdevez: Três Séculos e Meio de Tensões e Desafios, by Paula Pinto Costa. Arcos de Valdevez: Câmara Municipal de Arcos de Valdevez, 2020, pp. 94-202.
Teresa Andresen et al. Sanctuary Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga: Nomination to the World Heritage List. Maia: ISMAI Press/ CEDTUR and CBJM, 2019.
Bernardo de Magalhães e Menezes. “Foral da Terra de Payva Dado Pollas Inquyriçõoes do Tombo” (palaeographic transcription), in O Foral de Terra de Paiva: Marco de Identidade, by Manuel Joaquim Moreira da Rocha. Castelo de Paiva: Câmara Municipal de Castelo de Paiva, 2013, pp. 120-125.
Teresa Portela Marques, and Bernardo de Magalhães e Menezes. “Jardim do Senhor dos Aflitos: Projectos, Obra e Planos (1888-1949),” Oppidum – Revista de Arqueologia, História e Património, 7 (2012): 49-64.
Pedro Leão Neto et al. “Extending the Potential of Digital Multi-User Interactive Systems in Architectural Design: e-Learning Centres U. Porto”, in Consciousness Reframed 12: Presence in the Mindfield; Art, Identity and the Technology of Transformation, ed. by Roy Ascott, and Luis Miguel Girão. Aveiro: Universidade de Aveiro, 2011, pp. 204-210.
Cristina Castel-Branco, and Bernardo de Magalhães e Menezes. “Quinta de Santo António”, in Water in Portuguese Gardens, ed. by Cristina Castel-Branco, trans. Kevin Rose. Lisboa: Scribe, 2010, pp. 120-123.