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Cabanas no Rio

Comporta, Portugal
by Aires Mateus Archite..

Lisbon studio Aires Mateus used only reclaimed timber to construct this pair of waterfront cabins in Grândola, Portugal.

Named Cabanas no Rio, which translates as cabins on the river, the two rustic structures offer a rural...

House in Leiria

Leiria, Portugal
by Aires Mateus Archite..

The site is on the outskirts of Leiria, in a high position overlooking the city.
The functions are banal: a house divided in private area with bedrooms, and social area with living-rooms. The private areas are at street level...

Nursing home in Alcácer do Sal

Alcácer do Sal, Por...
by Aires Mateus Archite..

The project is based on a attentive reading of the life of a very specific kind of community, a sort of a micro-society with its own rules. It is a program, somewhere in between a hotel and a hospital, that seeks to comprehend...

Aires Mateus Architects

Lisbon, Portugal
est. 1988, Lisbon

Manuel and Francisco Aires Mateus graduated from the Faculdade de Arquitectura/ Universidade Técnica de Lisboa (F.A/ U.T.L) in 1986 and 1987, respectively. They worked in the office of architect in Gonçalo Byrne since 1983 and...

Sagrada Família

Barcelona, Spain
by Antonio Gaudí

The Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família (English: Basilica and Expiatory Church of the Holy Family; Spanish: Basílica y Templo Expiatorio de la Sagrada Familia), commonly known as the Sagrada Família, is a large...