Led by brothers Manuel and Francisco Aires Mateus, the Lisbon-based architecture studio Aires Mateus is known for its wide range of work, from urban masterplans to intimate interior designs. Grounded in collaboration, each project evolves through close dialogue, from concept to completion, reflecting their belief that architecture must never be decontextualised. This issue explores their philosophy, process, and commitment to architecture as a cultural and social act. Featured are key projects such as the refurbishment of Variedades Theatre, Pateos Guest Houses, House in Monzaraz, MUDAC Lausanne, and more. A conversation with the architects adds further insight.
by his teaching at the Basel School of Design and by his lectures
Wiel Arets: Autobiographical References
by his studio
Helvetica: Homage to a Typeface
by renowned designers are juxtaposed with an anonymous collection of ugly
Cheating Time: Bruno Munari the archaeologist
by unknown populations
Donald Judd Writings
by the artist’s son
Etienne-Louis Boullee 1728-1799: Theoretician of Revolutionary Architecture
by Jean-Marie Pérouse de Montclos
Il giovane Borromini: Dagli esordi a San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane
by Il giovane Borromini
Hans Brechbuhler 1907-1989
by the Swiss modernist architect Hans Brechbuhler
Borromini e gli Spada: Un palazzo e la committenza di una grande famiglia nella Roma barocca
by Borromini e gli Spada
El Croquis 207: Estúdio Gustavo Utrabo (2015-2020)
by Marta Bogéa
Documentos de Arquitectura 7: Roser Amado / Lluis Domenech
by Documentos de Arquitectura 7
Ethik des Bauens/The Ethics of Buildings
by Botta himself help elucidate the theoretical discourse
Robert Auguste & Gyn Gausserand: POTS
by highlighting its technical
Green Obsession: Trees towards Cities Humans towards Forests
by Stefano Boeri
Bach/Mora
by Ignasi Solà-Morales Rubió
El Croquis 159: Neutelings Riedijk
by Aaron Betsky this issue of El Croquis presents the buildings and projects done in the last nine years by Neutelings Riedi
Mario Botta: Architectures 1980-1990
by Werner Oechslin
Emilio Ambasz: Emerging Nature
by various experts
Max Dudler Diocesan Library (English and German Edition)
by Max Dudler Diocesan
Ordinary and Extraordinary: Brooks + Scarpa
by ex-journalist and Wallpaper* contributor Tibby Rothman
Carlo Chiappi architetto. Misura, qualità e regola nella costruzione del progetto (Measurement, Quality, and Rule in the Construction of the Project)
by Carlo Chiappi architetto.
Arakawa and Madeline Gins/Architecture: Sites of Reversible Destiny
by New York duo Arakawa and Madeline Gins
The Face Magazine: Culture Shift
by English journalist Nick Logan
Ettore Sottsass: The Glass
by Ettore Sottsass
Achille Castiglioni, Franco Sbarro: Esperienze di architettura : generazioni a confronto (I quaderni dell’Accademia di architettura Mendrisio) (Italian Edition)
by Achille Castiglioni
Building Stata: The Design and Construction of Frank O. Gehry’s Stata Center at MIT
by a master architect
L’architecte visionaire et neoclassique
by the 18th century megalomaniac
Jaap Bakema And The Open Society
by Jaap Bakema
Two projects by Foster and Partners: the Carré d’Art, Nîmes & the Bilbao Metro: 1998 Veronica Rudge Green Prize in Urban Design
Community Notes