A Look Back at the Journey of Margarida Bugarim Interiores
Since the studio’s founding in 2000, Margarida Bugarim has served as its creative director, developing interior architecture and design projects in Portugal and internationally. Throughout this journey, the studio has worked on a variety of project types, ranging from private residences and luxury apartments to single-family homes, commercial spaces, offices, and hospitality projects.
This diversity of projects has allowed the studio to build comprehensive experience while maintaining an essential characteristic: each project is conceived individually and is fully customized.
It is precisely this approach that is highlighted in the article published by Revista Urbana. The publication describes Margarida Bugarim Interiores as a studio specializing in residential, commercial, and hospitality projects and emphasizes a vision of space as an emotional place where aesthetics, comfort, and experience intersect.
For our studio, an interior design project doesn’t simply begin with the selection of furniture, colors, or materials. It begins with an understanding of the space and, above all, of the people who will live in or use it.
Each client has different needs, references, memories, and ways of living. It is by listening to these that we develop a concept capable of transforming these characteristics into a coherent and personalized spatial language.
The result seeks to go beyond visually appealing decoration. It seeks to create interiors that have meaning, that function in everyday life, and that maintain their quality and identity over time.
Attention to detail is one of the defining characteristics of Margarida Bugarim Interiores’ work.
In a luxury interior design project, excellence does not depend solely on the choice of a particularly sophisticated piece or material. It results from the interplay of all elements: proportions, circulation, lighting, materials, textures, furniture, finishes, art, and objects.
It is this integrated vision that allows the studio to develop projects in which every decision contributes to the final result.
From interior architecture to decoration, including remodeling, lighting, custom furniture, Home Couture, art curation, and styling, the different areas are conceived as parts of a single project. This approach allows us to create cohesive environments and ensure meticulous attention to the various phases of the process.
Customization is particularly important when working on high-end residential projects.
A home must reflect the lifestyle of its inhabitants. For this reason, the studio develops bespoke solutions, from the design of the spatial layout and integrated elements to the selection of materials, furniture, lighting, fabrics, and artwork.
Home Couture and custom furniture also allow us to develop specific pieces for each project, with special attention to proportions, materials, finishes, and craftsmanship.
In the case of a complete renovation, this same approach extends to the work on the property, allowing us to integrate interior architecture, construction, and decoration into a single cohesive vision.
For over 25 years, Margarida Bugarim Interiores has developed projects of varying scales, styles, and requirements. This experience has taught us that there is no single formula for a successful interior design project.
A contemporary apartment in Lisbon, a house in Cascais, a historic property, or a hotel space each require different solutions.
What remains constant is the rigor of the process, the attention to the client’s needs, and the pursuit of a balance between aesthetics, functionality, comfort, and personality.
What sets Margarida Bugarim Interiores apart is its ability to create exclusive and personalized environments, combining creativity and experience with close collaboration with the client.
With a studio in Lisbon, Margarida Bugarim Interiores carries out projects in different regions of Portugal as well as for international clients.
Lisbon, Cascais, Sintra, and Estoril are part of an area of particular importance to the studio, including projects for luxury apartments and homes, property renovations, and work on residential developments. But over the years, the studio has been developing interior architecture and design projects throughout the country, notably in the regions of the Douro, Coimbra, Leiria, Santarém, Setúbal, Alentejo, and the Algarve.
At the same time, the experience gained allows the studio to take on projects beyond Portugal’s borders, serving clients who are looking for a Portuguese interior design and architecture studio to develop their homes and other spaces.
In an industry where the quality of a project is revealed above all through the final result, recognition in a specialized publication holds particular significance.
Being featured in a yearbook dedicated to architecture and interior design offers an opportunity to share the studio’s work with an audience interested in the sector’s evolution and in different ways of conceiving spaces.
For Margarida Bugarim Interiores, this recognition is also a way to reaffirm the principles that guide the studio: quality, customization, precision, creativity, and attention to detail.
More than just a milestone, this recognition marks a journey of continuous evolution. Each new project represents an opportunity to explore new solutions, work with different materials, interpret new ways of living, and continue to develop a unique design language.
The feature in Revista Urbana highlights part of this journey, but the true significance of an interior design studio’s work lies in the relationship between each project and the people who live in it.
That is why, at Margarida Bugarim Interiores, every project is developed with the goal of creating spaces that are simultaneously livable, timeless, personalized, and functional, regardless of their style and influences.
Our inclusion in Revista Urbana’s Architecture and Interior Design Yearbook thus marks an important milestone in the studio’s journey and an opportunity to showcase an approach to interior design that places excellence, experience, and each client’s identity at the heart of the process.
Because a truly well-executed interior is not just one that impresses at first glance. It is one that continues to make sense, provide comfort, and create an emotional connection with those who live there.
The Urbana Magazine Yearbook is a special edition dedicated to architecture and interior design in Portugal. It brings together professionals, studios, projects, and brands that stand out on the national scene, highlighting the work being done in these fields.
Margarida Bugarim Interiores was included in urbana magazine's Yearbook as an interior design and architecture studio with a track record recognized both nationally and internationally. The publication highlights its personalized approach, attention to detail, and the creation of spaces that reflect the identity of those who live in them.
The studio’s approach combines interior architecture, design, decoration, and oversight of the project’s implementation into an integrated vision. Attention to detail, customized solutions, the careful selection of materials and pieces, and close collaboration with the client are central elements in the development of each project.
The studio undertakes interior architecture, interior design, and renovation projects for residential, corporate, commercial, and hospitality spaces. Each project is custom-designed, taking into account the architecture, lifestyle, needs, and identity of each client.
With a studio in Lisbon, Margarida Bugarim Interiores carries out projects in Lisbon, Cascais, Sintra, Estoril, and other regions of Portugal, while also overseeing international projects. The studio’s experience allows it to work with both domestic and international clients, tailoring each project to the property and its surroundings.
