Obtained his degree in Architecture at the University of Porto in 1992.

Obtained his PhD, in 2009, at the Department of Architecture of the University of Coimbra (DARQ/FCTUC), where he teaches as Assistant Professor. His PhD thesis is focused on the relationship between Culture, City and Architecture, and especially on the role of great cultural facilities within the urban regeneration process. Guest Lecturer at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto, since 2006, at the Master and PhD programs. Vice-Coordinator, since 2010, of the PhD Program of the Department of Architecture of the University of Coimbra (DARQ/FCTUC).

Member of the Culture, Cities and Architecture Department at the Social Studies Centre (CES), University of Coimbra.

Responsible for the Cultural Program on Architecture and City, in Porto 2001, European Capital of Culture.

Main curator of the Portuguese Exhibition at the 1st Lisbon Architecture Triennale and at the 7th São Paulo Architecture Biennale, both in 2007. He was also curator of the exhibition “The Urban Being. On the trails of Nuno Portas”, for Guimarães 2012, European Capital of Culture.

He was Coordinator of the Cultural Department at the Architectural Order, North Section, (OASRN) between 2010 and 2013. He is a member of the Portuguese Section of the Association Internationale des Critiques d’Art (AICA).

Author or editor of the following essays: “O Verdadeiro Mapa do Universo: uma leitura diacrónica da cidade portuguesa” (Edarq, 2002) on the evolution of Portuguese Cities; “Arquitectura & Não” (Caleidoscópio, 2005), a selection of his own texts; “Cidade-Sofia, Cidades Universitárias em debate” (Edarq, 2005), a compilation of different expert approaches on European University Cities; and “MuseuMania, Museus de Hoje, Modelos de Ontem” (Fundação de Serralves/Público, 2009), a worldwide survey on recent Museums and Art Centres.

Nuno Grande writes occasionally for architectural publications published in Portugal (JA, Arq/a), Spain (El Croquis, Arquitectura Viva, 2G), Switzerland (wb+w), Croatia (Oris), France (L’Architecture d’Aujourd’hui), Holland (A10) and Japan (A+U).

In 2008, Nuno Grande created, together with other colleagues, a collective architectural design studio - Pedra Líquida (Liquid Stone) - as a complement of his academic and critical work and as a professional co-authorship platform with other studios.