Ricardo and Nuno Matos set up their practice in 2010. Their work brings together old and new forms, austere simplicity and elaborate concrete sculpture. The plan for Casa Torrão do Lameiro in Ovar is generated by existing trees on the site, setting up a chaotic but exhilarating composition of concrete angles and forms. Other upcoming work includes a museum in Avanca, and affordable housing in east London.
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Inside Valentino’s glamorous new Sloane Street store, inspired by the art of haute coutureThe latest in Valentino’s ‘The New Maison’ store concept opens on London’s Sloane Street this week, offering an enveloping marble and carpet-clad space of ‘intimacy and uniqueness’
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Aesop’s Salone del Mobile 2024 installations in Milan are multisensory experiencesAesop has partnered with Salone del Mobile to launch a series of installations across Milan, tapping into sight, touch, taste, and scent
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Dial into the Boring Phone and more smartphone alternativesFrom the deliberately dull new Boring Phone to Honor’s latest hook-up with Porsche, a host of new devices that do the phone thing slightly differently
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Casa e a Pedra is a Porto home emerging from a rocky contextCasa e a Pedra by architect François Leite is an urban residential reinvention in Porto, Portugal
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Álvaro Siza Wing expands archive and exhibition space in Porto’s Museu SerralvesÁlvaro Siza returns to Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art in Porto, crafting his namesake new wing that just opened to the public
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This Portuguese Pavilion in the Garden is a dramatic space for entertainingPavilion in the Garden by Spaceworkers is an event space in Portugal, opening up to its leafy setting through dramatic, minimalist architecture
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Casa M is a climate-sensitive home in Portugal’s AlgarveCasa M, an urban home in the Algarve, makes the most of local techniques and the region’s climate in a design by its owners, Portuguese architects A-Lab Architecture
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This coastal Comporta home relaxes into its breezy contextInspired by wild beaches, a Comporta home by dEMM arquitectura is designed to provide a slice of secluded paradise
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Faro Modernism Weekend 2023: this year’s can’t-miss additionsFaro Modernism Weekend 2023 launches, offering access to lesser known gems of the region and celebrating five entirely new entries to its programme
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Blackbird is a luxurious Algarve home all about craft, drama and 'barefoot luxury'Blackbird by Odos Architects is a luxurious, architectural home in Portugal's Algarve region - and it marks the launch of the studio's developer sister brand, Maroochy
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Roll up! It‘s the Faro Modernist Weekend’s inaugural editionFaro Modernist Weekend, a festival dedicated to mid-century architectural delights in the Portugal’s Algarve, has just launched its first iteration
