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.
www.matos.pt
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A former agricultural building is transformed into a minimal rural home by Bindloss DawesZero-carbon design meets adaptive re-use in the Tractor Shed, a stripped-back house in a country village by Somerset architects Bindloss Dawes
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The Stuff That Surrounds You: Inside the home of designer Michael AnastassiadesIn The Stuff That Surrounds You, Wallpaper* explores a life through objects. In this episode, we step inside one of the most considered homes we've ever seen, where Anastassiades test drives his own creations
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Why are Wayne Thiebaud’s paintings at the Courtauld so tempting?The American artist’s thickly painted slices of cake at the Courtauld are some of our favourite artworks seen this year. What makes them so special?
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The Architecture Edit: Wallpaper’s houses of the monthFrom wineries-turned-music studios to fire-resistant holiday homes, these are the properties that have most impressed the Wallpaper* editors this month
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Soothing and symmetrical, this Portuguese house is a minimalist haven for two musiciansA Portuguese house near Lisbon, built on the ruins of an old winery, Quinta do Álamo by Atelier Matteo Arnone has symmetry at its heart
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2025 Lisbon Architecture Triennale ponders the (literal and figurative) weight of humanityJoin us on a tour of the 2025 Lisbon Architecture Triennale, exploring the question ‘How Heavy is the City?’ and our impact on the planet
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A beach house in Portugal offers up multiple layers of space for contemporary livingWER Studio has completed this concrete beach house on the Atlantic Coast, with opening façades and an expansive terrace
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Tour the Albuquerque Foundation, Portugal’s new ceramics hub, where the historic and contemporary meetA new cultural destination dedicated to ceramics, The Albuquerque Foundation by Bernardes Arquitetura opens its doors in Sintra, Portugal
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Year in review: the top 12 houses of 2024, picked by architecture director Ellie StathakiThe top 12 houses of 2024 comprise our finest and most read residential posts of the year, compiled by Wallpaper* architecture & environment director Ellie Stathaki
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Wallpaper* Architects’ Directory 2024: meet the practicesIn the Wallpaper* Architects Directory 2024, our latest guide to exciting, emerging practices from around the world, 20 young studios show off their projects and passion
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Branco del Rio's House AA8 brings a pop of colour to its Portuguese neighbourhoodBased in Portugal, Branco del Rio Arquitectos joins the Wallpaper* Architects’ Directory 2024, our annual round-up of exciting emerging architecture studios
