[1] He trained in Paris, at the Laloux-Lemaresquier atelier, and later received a scholarship from the National Board of Education and the Institute for High Culture.

His thesis, written in French, was entitled 'Les villes qui meurent sans se dépeupler' [Cities that die without being depopulated].

[2] He was a student of, among others, Charles Lemaresquier, Jacques Gréber (author of the plans for the Casa de Serralves Gardens in Porto), Louis Bonnier and Picard.

His first urban plans were developed with Étienne de Gröer, and he later worked individually on plans for Moledo do Minho, Águeda, Paredes, Matosinhos, Aveiro, Barcelos, Elvas, Valongo, Guimarães and Chaves.Some of his architectural works were realised in partnership with his wife, the architect Maria José Marques da Silva, including important works of architecture, some highlights in Porto being the design and direction of works for the Palácio do Comércio (a large block between the streets of Sá da Bandeira and Fernandes Tomás), the Trabalho e Reforma building (in the Rua Nossa Senhora de Fátima), the residential tower block of the Stonemasons' Cooperative and the Torre Miradouro[6] (in the Rua da Alegria), and the churchyard and pinnacle of the Church of Nossa Senhora da Conceição (in the Praça Marquês de Pombal).

He also worked with his wife to complete a number of unfinished Marques da Silva projects, for example a new building for the Sociedade Martins Sarmento, the municipal market, the Penha Sanctuary and São Torcato Church, all in Guimarães, and a building in Rua Barjona de Freitas, Barcelos.