Pedro Nunes Tinoco
Pedro Nunes Tinoco was a Portuguese architect who worked in what George Kubler described as the 'Plain Style', and is known also as the patriarch of a number of a family of notable Portuguese architects. He was one of a privileged few to be awarded a royal apprenticeship to study architecture under Nicolau de Frias in Lisbon's Aula dos Paços da Ribeira, a school founded by Philip I of Portugal in 1584.
Commissions
His first commission as a royal architect was the reformation of the convent of Santa Clara, which was destroyed in 1755. He later worked on the church and convent of Santa Marta and the church of Salvador, both were located in Lisbon and were well received by critics at the time, contributing to his prestigious reputation.In 1622 he designed the sacristy of the monastery of Santa Cruz in Coimbra, which was completed in 1624. A single barrel-vaulted space severe in appearance, offset by coloured marble decoration on the walls and azulejos.
In 1624, succeeding Baltasar Alvares, Tinoco took over work on Terzi’s Monastery of São Vicente de Fora.
He also made drawings for Roteiro das Águas Livres, a study for Lisbon’s water supply published by his son, João Nunes Tinoco in 1671.