Carla Lima Vieira graduated in Architecture from the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Lisbon (FAUL), Portugal, in 2002. She collaborates with Goncalo Byrne Arquitectos since 2002, an international Architecture Studio based in Lisbon, Portugal, with an extensive body of work in Portugal, Italy, Belgium, etc. The studio approaches a generalist, multidisciplinary, and convergent architecture, developing an enriching dialogue between new interventions and existing environments. Its practice implies a complex knowledge of different fields beyond architecture, from engineering to landscaping, sustainability, archaeology, among others.  In the studio – her main reference for a cross disciplinary and collaborative practice – she develops studies and projects in the areas of architecture and urbanism, approaching diversified scales and uses, within the scope of public and private commissions. 

Between 2015 and 2017, she became an external rapporteur for the Southern Regional Disciplinary Board of the Portuguese Architects’ Order (OA), and was responsible for disciplinary proceedings.  In 2017, she was elected as a member of the Southern Regional Disciplinary Board for the 2017-2019 term, carrying out disciplinary and deontological duties, as well as developing articles and lectures on Good Practices and Professional Deontology. She also collaborated on the proposal to revise the current Rules of Ethics and Disciplinary Proceedings and developed and delivered training and lectures on Disciplinary Proceedings.  She was a member of the National Directors Board of the OA for the term 2020-2022  assuming the position of Secretary General as well as overseeing all matters and procedures related to qualifications, access to the profession and the legal framework of the profession and architecture. She also was responsible for OA’s positions on draft legislation and legislative amendments of interest to the architectural profession.  She was Chair of the ACE Regulatory Questions and Issues Workgroup (RQI WG) from 2022 to 2023, advocating to optimise the regulatory environment.

Also participated in ACE’s Professional Qualifications Directive, Traineeship (Professional Practice Experience) and Continuing Professional Development Workgroup (PQD-CPD WG) and is a member of UMAR’s (Union of Mediterranean Architects) Council. Since 2022, she is a member of the Portuguese Advisory Committee for Procurement of Works of Art in Public Buildings. 

Since 2024, she is Member of the ACE Executive Board and she coordinates the Thematic Area 1 ‘Access to the Profession’.