The cities of Cascais and Sintra, along the Portuguese Riviera, boast the largest concentration of Lino's constructions out of anywhere, as part of the Summer architecture movement there.

Lino played an active part in the cosmopolitanization of Cascais as a summer resort for the wealthy and notable and in the continuation of Sintra as a historicist, romanticist haven.

Raul Lino da Silva was born in Lisbon, Portugal, on 21 November 1879, to a well-off construction materials merchant.

After returning to Portugal and finishing his studies in architecture, Lino began to work in his father's construction materials business, in 1897.

Lino also wrote many books and texts about the theory of the architecture of the Portuguese house, including: Some of his most important projects were: