Aires Mateus
Lisbon, Portugal
2019

We met Manuel on the second floor of his office in Principe Real, working late in the evening together with his colleague José Maria. The long pine wood tables running through the entirety of the generous room are flanked by shelves with personal objects on one side and large windows opening to Rua Cecílio de Sousa on the other. Books already lined the shelves in the antechamber of his office and continued to be piled up all around the room. We had a chance to talk to Manuel about Europe’s architectural history, the importance of the resistance of buildings, the significance of regional influence and what to pass on to the next generation of pioneers.

Manuel Aires Mateus founded Aires Mateus Arquitectos together with his brother Francisco in Lisbon, Portugal. The offices are composed of about forty people, working together on regional and international projects. The brothers not only work together but also teach at Universidade Autónoma in Lisbon and Accademia di Architettura Mendrisio, Switzerland.

Name: Manuel Aires Mateus
Location: Lissabon, Portugal
Type: Video

Music by Matteo Silvestri

Posted: 20. March 2020
Categories: architect, lisbon, portugal, sustainable design

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Aires Mateus
Lisbon, Portugal
2019

We met Manuel on the second floor of his office in Principe Real, working late in the evening together with his colleague José Maria. The long pine wood tables running through the entirety of the generous room are flanked by shelves with personal objects on one side and large windows opening to Rua Cecílio de Sousa on the other. Books already lined the shelves in the antechamber of his office and continued to be piled up all around the room. We had a chance to talk to Manuel about Europe’s architectural history, the importance of the resistance of buildings, the significance of regional influence and what to pass on to the next generation of pioneers.

Manuel Aires Mateus founded Aires Mateus Arquitectos together with his brother Francisco in Lisbon, Portugal. The offices are composed of about forty people, working together on regional and international projects. The brothers not only work together but also teach at Universidade Autónoma in Lisbon and Accademia di Architettura Mendrisio, Switzerland.

Name: Manuel Aires Mateus
Location: Lissabon, Portugal
Type: Video

Music by Matteo Silvestri

Posted: 20. March 2020
Categories: architect, lisbon, portugal, sustainable design

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Mechtild spoke to us about building a timber-brick house, learning by doing as a female architect and the essence of architecture.

House by the lake near Munich with flowers

VERONIKA JANOVECwomencraftsraw materials

Vero is a pioneering woman in the field of sculpture with hemp lime as a material - commonly used in other industries, such as architecture. Next to her studies of architecture she works in her studio in Lichtenberg, Berlin.

veronika making hemp lime sculptures

HELMUT BISCHOFcraftsraw materialshyperlocal

Timber shingle artisan Helmut Bischof shows us how to make the beautiful traditional shingles that Vorarlberg facades are so well known for.

Shingle Artisan Helmut Bischof Vorarlberg

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