{{Short description|Portuguese-Canadian architect}} {{distinguish|Joe Palma}} {{Infobox person | name = Jo Palma | image = Jo Palma, Architect.jpg | caption = Palma in 2018 | birth_place = Portugal | alma_mater = {{Ubl|Victoria College|University of Toronto}} | occupation = Architect }}
'''Jo Palma''' is a Portuguese-Canadian architect and founder of PALMA. After graduating from Victoria College and the University of Toronto, he worked as a design director.
==Early life== Jo Palma was born in Portugal, and served in the Portuguese Navy as Master-at-Arms 1st Class. He graduated with a Bachelor’s degree from Victoria College and a Masters in Architecture from the University of Toronto.<ref name=Comm />
==Career== [[File:Infinity Tower - Dubai.jpg|thumb|100px|right|Cayan Tower in Dubai, designed by Palma]] Jo Palma worked as Design Director in both Chicago and London for the firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.<ref name="Curbed">{{Cite web |url=https://chicago.curbed.com/2011/3/22/10476540/a-modernist-home-and-some-unintelligible-realtor-speak |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191115035049/https://chicago.curbed.com/2011/3/22/10476540/a-modernist-home-and-some-unintelligible-realtor-speak |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 15, 2019 |title=A Modernist Home and Some Unintelligible Realtor Speak |last=Boyer |first=Mark |date=March 22, 2011 |website=Curbed Chicago}}</ref> In 2015 Palma joined the architecture firm Perkins+Will, where he served as the Regional Design Director, EMEA, working out of their London office.<ref name="Comm">{{Cite web |url=https://www.commercialinteriordesign.com/thoughts/internationally-renowned-architect-jo-palma-joins-perkins-will |title=Internationally renowned architect Jo Palma joins Perkins + Will |website=Commercial Interior Design}}</ref> He later founded the architecture firm Jo Palma + Partners also known as PALMA.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://communitynewspapers.com/biscayne-bay/architect-sets-sights-on-proposed-miami-river-opportunity-zone-site/ |title=Architect sets sights on proposed Miami River Opportunity Zone site |last=Morales |first=Lisa |date=December 24, 2018 |website=Miami's Community News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.chicagobusiness.com/news/jeanne-gang-reaches-architectures-top-floor |title=Jeanne Gang reaches architecture's top floor |date=March 27, 2019 |website=Crain's Chicago Business}}</ref>
===Buildings and projects=== Over his career he has designed and masterplanned buildings on five continents in total. These projects have included mixed-use buildings, skyscrapers, government headquarters, residential complexes (like the Admirala Lazareva in St. Petersburg, Russia), transportation hubs (like the Dublin Airport New Terminal Expansion), civic institutions (like the Panama International Convention Center in Panama City), and community centers (like the Paulínia Smart Community in Paulínia, Brazil).<ref name=Elite /><ref name=Comm /> He has also helped to produce master plans for cities including Antalya, Turkey.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.archdaily.com/777585/perkins-plus-will-unveil-master-plan-for-antalya-turkey |title=Perkins+Will Unveil Master Plan for Antalya, Turkey |date=November 24, 2015 |website=ArchDaily}}</ref>
Palma was the Chief Architect of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization headquarters in Brussels,<ref name=Elite /><ref name=Curbed /> which opened in 2017.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://europeanwesternbalkans.com/2017/08/09/montenegro-new-nato-headquarters-end-year/|title=Montenegro in the new NATO headquarters by the end of the year|date=September 8, 2017|publisher=European Western Balkans}}</ref> He also the designed the Baltimore Tower in London, UK, and the Liansheng Financial Center in Taiyuan, China.<ref name=Comm /> Palma is the designer of the Cayan Tower in Dubai, which is the tallest twisting tower in the world,<ref name=Elite /> in addition to the city's Rolex Tower.<ref name=Comm /> In 2018 Palma began designing The Miami Basel building in Miami, a thirty-six story mixed-use development.<ref name="Elite">{{Cite web |url=https://www.eliteinternational.com/architect-jo-palma-designing-the-basel-miami-a-36-story-tower/ |title=Architect Jo Palma Designing The Basel Miami, A 36-Story Tower | Elite International Realty |access-date=2019-11-15 |archive-date=2019-11-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191115035341/https://www.eliteinternational.com/architect-jo-palma-designing-the-basel-miami-a-36-story-tower/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://palma.global/people/jo-palma/ Jo Palma on Palma Architect]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Palma, Jo}} Category:21st-century Portuguese architects Category:21st-century Canadian architects Category:Canadian people of Portuguese descent Category:Living people Category:University of Toronto alumni Category:Year of birth missing (living people)