Aires Mateus
International Architects Series
Thursday 20 April 2017 6.30 - 7.45pm
Geological Society, Piccadilly, W1
£12, £6 concessions. Includes talk and drinks reception.
Portuguese architects Aires Mateus join our programme to talk about their calm approach to architecture, exploring light and form through their recent projects.
Over the last thirty years, Aires Mateus have gained international recognition for their delicate and respectful contemporary reinterpretation of Portuguese architectural tradition. After concluding their studies and training with architect Gonçalo Byrne, brothers Francisco and Manuel Aires Mateus opened their own firm in Lisbon. Their portfolio started with the small-scale residential projects for which they became best-known and has now expanded internationally, with commissions for a wide range of public and private clients.
Their work follows the trail of a previous generation of architecture masters in Portugal. Though their projects have increased in scale, they have retained a careful attention to detail and an ongoing experimental interest in innovating with light and form.
Lisbon-based architect Manuel Aires Mateus joins our International Architects Series to talk about the practice’s singular architecture and their most recent projects, including the Olivier Debré Contemporary Art Centre in Tours, France, and the Faculty of Architecture in Tournai, Belgium.
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Biography
Manuel Aires Mateus
Manuel Aires Mateus (Lisbon, 1963) graduated in 1986 from the School of Architecture of the Technical University of Lisbon. He started working with Gonçalo Byrne in 1983 and established his own practice with Francisco Aires Mateus in 1988. He is a professor at the Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio and the Autonomous University of Lisbon. Previously, he was a professor at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design between 2002 and 2005. His work has been widely recognised, including by selection in different editions of the Mies van der Rohe Award and his practice’s participation in the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2010, 2012 and 2016.