Whoever joins this initiative and constantly supports the promotion of the Triennale, trains this organization in the continuous promotion of debate, reflection and research in architecture, which is why the institution has been distinguished in its three editions (2007, 2010 and 2013) by the President of the Republic and has since 2010 the status of Cultural Interest.
In addition, between 2013 and 2015, several institutions and private individuals joined the patrons's programme, such as: Link Architecture Studio, Julien De Smedt, Tony Fretton, FSSMGN Arquitectos Lda., Platform for Architecture + Research, Carlos Coelho, Aleksander Dembinski + ADDB, João Pedro Cavaco, Manuel Henriques, Stephen Maloney, Beatrice Galilee, Shumi Bose, Andrew Griffin, Site Specific, Arquitectura Lda, Rita Nunes, Chris Niemeyer, Timothy Soar, Véronique Hoegger, Dafne Editora, Alejandro Gaona, Susana Carvalho, Herbert Wright, Diogo Burnay, Energia Técnica, Get a Light, SAFRE - Estudos e Projectos de Engenharia Lda, Pedro Reis, Gonçalo Riscado, Gonçalo Manteigas, Sérgio Gomes, Inês Moreira, Paulo Ferreira, Mário Moura, José Afonso Furtado, Susan Newte, Jon Astbury, Heather Ligler, Corina Angheloiu, Paula Silva, Ventura Trindade, Diogo Valério, Susana Rosmaninho, Pedro Silva, Samuel Sardinha, Rodrigo Alba Krasovsky, Jorge Alonso Castiñeira, Cristina Ammann, Stefan Grabher, Michael Heule, Martin Horvat, Eda Kirac, Michael Kutzer, Jiahong Li, Beatriz Magalhães Vasconcellos, Christian Neher, Dmytro Palamarchuk, Naznin Parvin, Norbert János Paskó, Steffano Schiavón Dávila, Murat Sevgi, Berat Sezer, Stamena Slavova, Natalija Stankovic, Tanja Wälti, Vitório Leite, Ricardo Junqueira, Alexandra Cruz, Javier Irigaray, Chelsie Kan, Bojan Radojcic, Teresa Costa Martins, Jesse Seegers, João Quintela, Elena Prendergast, Raquel Morais, André Tavares, João Salaviza, Julie Ulvestad, Orlando Azevedo, Laura Catocci, João Cabral, F/C Arquitectura Paisagista, Lda and Cédric Lameignère.