Daniela Coppola

Born and brought up in Sao Paulo - Brazil, Daniela Coppola graduated in Architecture and Urbanism at Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie in 1999, continuing her education in Post-Occupancy Evaluation of Architecture at Universidade de São Paulo as well as in Engineer Evaluation and Expertise at Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado.

She moved to the United States of America in 2016, where she earned a Master’s in Architecture from the University of Florida being laureated with the Design Honor Award as well as the Research Prize for Original Research and Academic Writing with the Master's Research/Thesis Project: “Diagramming and Mapping: The Underlying System of Architecture”.

The notion that architecture has the power to influence people in the short and long term even affecting their behavior and health intrigues her to understand the practice of meaningful architecture, which inspires and promotes the well-being of those who engage with it.

Daniela’s work was always defined by a thoughtful, creative approach grounded in art and human experience that places value on formal simplicity. Her comprehensive design dialogues with all scales, spanning architecture, interior design, and product design to enhance well-being and well living. With over twenty-five years of experience leading her architectural firm in Brazil, Daniela Coppola and her partner, Cesar Coppola, were recipients of national and international design awards and had their work published in more than 25 countries on all continents. In 2015, their firm Coletivo Arquitetos was recognized as one of the five best young architectural companies in Brazil by Casa Vogue in their 40th anniversary celebratory magazine. In 2017, they were awarded the best apartment interior design of The American Master Prize.

In 2020, Daniela officially immigrated to the USA as an Allie of Extraordinary Ability in Architecture further strengthening her commitment to the future of architecture and to positively influence new generations.