Aires Mateus e Associados

Manuel and Francisco Aires Mateus were born in Lisbon in 1963 and 1964. They also graduated from “Faculdade de Arquitectura / U.T.L” with one year difference in 1986 and 87 respectively. They started collaborating with the Arch. Gonçalo Byrne since 1983 and started developing their own projects as authors in 1988. The office Aires Mateus was established independently although it was housed in Gonçalo Byrne’s studio in the first years. The increasing scale of work made them establish a larger and autonomous space to fulfil the demands. Since then the scale and the amount of projects has been prolific, resulting in several national and international awards. The visibility of their work has made them being invited and accepting lecturing and teaching at several institutions like the Graduate School of Design in Harvard, The Accademia di Architetura in Mendrísio as well as several others in Portugal. The structure right now spans through two studios both based in Lisbon, having several partnerships with local studios for international works.